How are people working to save whales? Some worried people are 20 working to save the whales through legal means, by using the law. These people attend meetings of whaling commissions to ask whalers, the hunters, to reduce the number of whales that can be killed in a year. They also work within
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countries to persuade lawmakers to make whaling against the law and to make the use of whale products illegal too.
Other concerned people are working to save whales from extinction in another way. These people believe that the best means to save the whales is by making whale products expensive. They think that if whale products become less economical than similar products, whalers will kill fewer whales. The supply of whale products will decrease because of the lower demand for whale
30 products. For example, one of the most valuable whale products is whale oil. Whale oil, which is processed from the fat, meat, and bones of whales, has many uses. For example, it is used in the manufacture of margarine, soap, and certain cosmetics. One large whale may yield 150 barrels of whale oil. Scientists have found a plant oil that is similar to the valuable whale oil; it is the oil of a desert
35 plant, jojoba (pronounced ho-Ho-ba) oil. People hope that jojoba oil can be produced more economically than whale oil and that, in this way, they can help to save the whales.
Concern for whales is wor1dwid.e. Some governments will not let people sell whale products in their countries. Other governments have changed the laws 40 about whaling; now the laws do not let whalers kill as many whales as they did before. People who want to save whales are very hopeful that the gentle giants
of the ocean can be saved.