Title: A Whale for the Killing
Description: ***In the 1960s, Farley Mowat was living in the tiny fishing community of Burgeo on the southwest coast of Newfoundland. When an 80-ton fin whale became trapped in a nearby saltwater lagoon, Mowat rejoiced: here was the first chance to study at close range one of the most magnificent animals in creation.*** Some local villagers thought otherwise, blasting the whale with rifle fire and hacking open her back with a motorboat propeller.

Mowat appealed desperately to the authorities, but it was too late-ravaged by an infection resulting from her massive wounds, the whale died. ***A plea for the end of commercial hunting of the whale, this moving account blends all the tension of the life-and-death struggle for one animal's survival*** with the drama of man's wanton destruction of life-bearing creatures and the environment itself.***--WorldCat***
Subjects: Christian, Farley Mowat, Whales, Animal, Abuse, Non-fiction, Biography, Literature, Stories, Tales, Anecdotes, Books, Novels, Hardcovers, Paperback, e-book, Adventure, Finback whales, Senseless Killings, Wildlife destruction, Wildlife conservation, Finback whale, Legends and stories, Mammals, Fiction in English, Animal welfare, Wildlife conservation, canada
Places: North America, Newfoundland (Canada), Burgeo, The Burgeo Islands, Grand Bruit, Bear Island, Cabot Strait, Port Aux Basques, North Sydney, Nova Scotia, St. John's (New Brunswick), Newfoundland
People: God. Portuguese, Joaz Alvarez Fagundez, French, Mic Mac Indians, English, Irish, Ursula of Cologne
Time periods: 20th Century / 1960s