Whales have existed on Earth for many years. Whaling is something that is due to the population of these species. Whaling is the act of hunting whales, whether for food, scientific research, or commercial reasons. It was not until the 1920s that concern over the dwindling whale population was highlighted by the director of the British Museum, Sidney Harmer (Hoare, 2014). The sudden awareness of the number of whales gave rise to the title "Save the Whales", used in 1924. In 1930, the League of Nations began to focus on the problem at hand. The focus on the whaling population has led many organizations to attempt to help regrow the whale species. Organizations such as the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) are trying to reduce the number of whalers by connecting with them through their heartstrings or by limiting the number of whales that hunters are allowed to take. to bring back. (Hoare, 2014)(WWF, no date). The IWC called for a "pause", called a moratorium on whaling in 1986 (WWF, nd). Whaling is not practiced everywhere. Whaling is a very common act in countries like Japan, Iceland, Canada, Russia and the Netherlands. The WWF is against commercial whaling, but there is a permitted amount of whales a country can kill if it is for scientific research. Japan and Iceland are the only two countries to hunt whales for this reason; Japan has been doing this since 1987 (WWF, nd). One man wrote while on a whaling trip: "...it seems that [Japan] had a deep need to experiment on the taste of whale meat..." when he discovered that although it was supposed to being intended for scientific research, whale meat was. ..... middle of paper ...... nada. Health Law Review, 18(1). Minteer, BA and Gerber, LR (2013). Buy whales to save them: Current policy approaches to managing whaling and protecting whales are failing. It is time to try a new approach combining economic pragmatism and ethical principles. Issues in Science and Technology, 29(3). Reeves, R.R. and Smith, T.D. (2010). Historical catches of humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, in the North Atlantic Ocean: estimates of landings and removals. Marine Fisheries Review, 72(3).Ganderton, Tom. (March 31, 2014). BREAKING: “Research whaling” in Japan declared illegal by the International Court of Justice. International Whaling Commission. (2014). Status of whales. United States Environmental Protection Agency. (March 16, 2014). Southern Resident Killer Whales. World Wide Fund for Nature. (Sd). Large whales are still recovering from their whaling history.