Harvest (e.g. of whales)

The continuing killing of whales for food and alleged ‘scientific’ investigation is called ‘harvesting’ — but what you normally ‘harvest’ is non-sentient plant matter such as wheat. So this euphemism obscures the truth that intelligent mammals are being slaughtered with explosive harpoons.

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