A Whale for the Killing
By: [By] Farley Mowat; Maps by James Loates.
Edition: Seal 2nd print. ed. Jan '81
Series: A Bantam Seal Book #016837 [$2.50]
Publisher: McClelland and Stewart-Bantam United; n/a
Published: January 1981
Place of publication: Toronto, Canada
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9780770416836
Copyright date: 1972 by Farley Mowat
Description: ''A heart wrenching true tale of cruelty and courage, by the author of ''Never Cry Wolf.''--Fr Cvr

When an 80-ton fin whale became trapped in a lagoon near his Newfoundland home, Farley Mowat rejoiced at the unique chance to observe one of the world's most magnificent creatures up close. But some of his neighbors saw a different opportunity altogether: in a prolonged fit of violence, they blasted the whale with rifle fire, and scarred its back with motorboat propellers. 

Mowat appealed desperately to the police, to marine biologists, finally to the press. But it was too late. Mowat's poignant and compelling story is an eloquent argument for the end of the whale hunt, and the rediscovery of the empathy that makes us human.
Notes: ***Manufactured in Canada* / Published simultaneously in Canada & the U.S.A.** Seal 1st ed April 1978
Previous ed.: Boston : Little, Brown, 1972.