The only responsible way to "manage" whale populations is to let them repopulate for at least a hundred years, probably more. IIRC their populations are still way below pre-whaling levels, with some weird knock-on effects.
Is it even realistic to expect similar population counts when the context of the ocean is so different today? What of the distribution of nutrients between now and then? Do these nutrients even make it to the right level in the food web at sufficient levels to support such a whale population today?
Very few if any clean kills, infliction of immense suffering on creatures that have a cognitive capacity rivaling that of humans prior to robbing them of life, clear lack of necessity in the first place.
I dunno, seems kind of evil to me. This makes a good argument that the cruelty involved is undue:
Yes. I wouldn't say it's inherently evil. War and conflict are natural parts of human existence, and unfortunately that sometimes involves canabalism.
But one thing that sets humans apart from other animals is our development of culture. As part of that we've made rules against killing (and eating) other humans in most cases, which is generally advantageous to all of us. So I'd argue it's a strategic change we've made.
By your own argument, there's certainly enough biodiverse human population to justify hunting. Hunting and eating humans has always been a natural part of life.
If God didn't mean for people to hunt and eat other people, they wouldn't be made of meat.
From the perspective of most other life on Earth, humans are certainty overpopulated and could use some culling to prevent us from taking up all the resources.
But obviously that's not in our own interest, so it's perfectly natural for us to avoid resorting to canabalism.
Disobey the will of God and see what that gets you! 40 days and 40 nights cooped up on a smelly ark with two of every animal species in existence, that's what.
All those animals had humans to thank for saving them from the wrath of God's genocidal whims and piques of anger.
It's a wonder none of the animals ate their delicious meaty human crew! I wonder how much fresh meat it took to feed all those carnivorous animals for that long, and why it didn't go bad sitting around for more than a month.
Maybe they brought along some extra humans to sacrifice, who would have drowned and been wasted otherwise, to keep the lions and tigers and jackals and pigs in fresh meat.
The Bible is such a great kid's book, especially all that pro-slavery stuff -- it should be mandatory reading in schools! It really makes you wonder. ;)
Oklahoma education head discusses why he’s mandating public schools teach the Bible:
