Why is whaling illegal in Ohio?

Good point - that law should really be repealed since whales are now considered to be extinct in Ohio. The law was originally enacted in order to protect the Lake Erie bowhead whale, which was sighted first by Moses Cleveland in 1792. read more

Dumb Laws in Ohio. Full text of the law. It is illegal for more than five women to live in a house. It is illegal to mistreat anything of great importance. read more

Their goal is to apply conservation measures to ensure the healthy population of whales to support sustainable whaling. In the 1970s an anti-whaling campaign began globally and led by the World Wildlife Fund, the anti-whaling faction within the IWC were able to vote in a Moratorium on the commercial hunting of whales in 1982. read more