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Letter: Letters : . . .

Published 27 July 1996

From Kaare Aagaard

Trondheim, Norway

In the editorial of 29 June a poem was the editor’s last argument in the
whale debate—which, so far, has been remarkably objective in your
journal.

Being honest in admitting that any data or population estimates (that is, as
a scientific basis for “resource management”) are without interest, this poetic
argument comes as a relief to all.

Issue no. 2040 published 27 July 1996

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