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SANTA MONICA, Calif., May 24 (UPI) -- Lifting a 24-year-old moratorium on international commercial whaling would legitimize the hunting of endangered species, California whaling activists said.
"It is a rationale that makes no sense," said Joel Reynolds, a lawyer with the Natural Resources Defense Council. "Can we stop gang violence by allowing some gang warfare? The answer is no."
Reynolds was one of about 120 people who gathered on the Santa Monica pier Sunday to condemn a plan by the International Whaling Commission to lift the 1986 moratorium and set legal quotas for Japan, Norway and Iceland, the three nations that still hunt whales. Sixteen such protests were held along the California coast Sunday.
The proposal aims to reduce the number of whales killed in a decade, but would further threaten endangered species, said Sara Wan, a California coastal commissioner.
"If this can happen to whales, what does it mean in terms of our commitment to protecting this planet for the future?" Wan asked.
The moratorium has reduced the number of whales killed from 38,000 a year to fewer than than 2,000 worldwide, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.
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