[xyzone]

I'll be honest with you. I think people who just care about protecting cute animals are phonies. I don't give a darn about the whales for the sake of whales. They just happen to be an important piece in a large ocean ecosystem, and making them extinct will make bad things happen to it. If you don't care, read up on the food chain and ecosystems. I'm sure fish eaters would care if fish stop showing up. Of course by then, who cares about rubbing it in. Then again, maybe they'll take my advice and form some pseudo-science to say it's not that bad, or something. Better than ramming ships (or is it?).