"To-day, although numbers of s are still taken—in addition to the some 30,000 yearlings of the are killed each year—the decrease in the number of whales, and the increasing demand for edible oil has meant a growing emphasis on the exploitation of seals for oil."
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Grace Hickling
(née Grace Watt; 10 August 1908 – 30 December 1986) was an English , , and nature writer. In 1974 she was appointed .
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