The world's leading country in commercial whaling is japan. They have been using a scientific programs as an excuse to hunt whales. Recently, they have been ordered by an international court to stop the program since it was found unscientific. Moreover, Japan isn't the only country to conduct these slaughters against whales, Iceland along with Norway have undergone this terrible practice as well. Icelanders pursue the slaughter of whales as a means for profit. They are known to hunt whales under a threat of extinction such as the fin back whale. This practice seems to be a nationalistic custom in order to again profit by selling the whale meat to Japan and improve their economy. nevertheless, this awful practice is banned and those who practice it should be punished for killing innocent wildlife.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/160127-Iceland-commercial-whaling-minke-fin-whales/
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/160127-Iceland-commercial-whaling-minke-fin-whales/