What is Whaling?
[[File:Walfang zwischen 1856 und 1907.jpg|thumb|240px|alt=[[whaler]]s spot a [[whale]]|Whaling in the later [[19th century]].]] '''Whaling''' is the practice of [[hunting]] [[whale]]s. This is done to get [[meat]] and [[oil]], called [[blubber]]. Hunters of whales are called [[whaler]]s. Whaling has been done at least since 3000 BC.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/641450/whaling/225363/The-history-of-whaling The history of whaling]. Britannica Online Encyclopedia.</ref> Many communities on the coast have done whaling for food for a long time. They have also killed stranded whales. [[Industrialisation]] started in the [[17th century]] and also affected whaling. Special ships were built for whaling, and whales were hunted until they were almost [[extinction|extinct]]. As technology improved and demand for the seemingly vast resources remained high, far more whales were killed than were born. In the late 1930s more than 50,000 whales were killed each year. <ref>[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008542 Whaling] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129082425/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008542 |date=2011-11-29 }}. The Canadian Encyclopedia.</ref> By the middle of the 20th century, there were not enough whales and they were at risk of becoming [[Extinction|extinct]]. In 1986, the [[International Whaling Commission]] introduced a [[Moratorium (law)|moratorium]] on commercial whaling so that whales might recover. This moratorium was successful, and whale stocks recovered. There is a [[debate]] about whaling in general. Countries which are in favor of whaling want to do away with the moratorium, so they can again hunt whales as they did before. Countries and environmental groups say that whaling is immoral and should be banned, and that stocks have not yet recovered sufficiently. ==The History of Hunting== Whales have a thick [[wikt:layer|layer]] of [[fat]] under their [[skin]] called [[blubber]]. For ma