why killing whales??

Japan one of the Asia's technology prone zone country... has started to hunt the humpback whales..These humpback whales are said to an endangered species according to the wild life federation..These whales measure up to 40 to 48 feet and around 25 to 40 tons..These are extremely acrobatic too, according to the Hindu paper dated 18Th November,Japanese are ready to hunt 50 humpback whales the largest hunt since 1963 since the whales come under international protection..this action of harpooning takes place in the south Pacific..According to the fishery agency of Japanese, they say killing 50 humpback whales of a total of 10,000 whales will not have an effect, but what i think is, killing means a lot to those who love wildlife species or any other related with it.. i feel really bad killing those kind of species...