Same view here.
I once told a green peace canvasser that interupted our dinner (back when the french were testing a nuke somewhere in the Pacific) ‘Its my view the French should have let you idiots into the blast zone, then FIRED OFF THE NUKE’.
She broke down into tears, I shut the front door, and they NEVER came back again.
Whats the the big deal with whales anyway I know they have been over hunted but their just like any other critter
I sure have not seen not seen evidence that they are seninent