article_snippet.sent: Prince William has led a personal crusade against poaching and protecting vulnerable wildlife.
article_snippet.sent: So Pippa Middleton’s decision to enjoy a plate of whale meat on holiday may have been rather difficult for Prince William to swallow.
article_snippet.sent: herself boasted of tucking into the delicacy in Norway, to the horror of environmental campaigners who say herself is helping promote an ‘unimaginably cruel’ trade.
article_snippet.sent: Middleton has been slammed for ‘promoting the cruel and unnecessary whaling industry’.
article_snippet.sent: Campaigners have long called for a crackdown, arguing the hunting process is ‘unimaginably cruel and inhumane’.
article_snippet.sent: Ms Middleton Ms Middleton would be breaking British law if The Duchess of Cambridge's sister had tucked into the whale meat in the UK.
article_snippet.sent: Critics said ’s kind of back to our roots decision to eat whale meat was at odds with the stance taken by Prince William – even though Prince William too has been attacked for continuing to hunt wild game.
article_snippet.sent: Vanessa Williams-Grey, of Whale and Dolphin Conservation, said: ‘It might have been better for Middleton to take a whale watch trip in Norway.
article_snippet.sent: Middleton might then have thought twice about condoning and indeed, promoting, this cruel and unnecessary trade.
article_snippet.sent: ’ Philip Mansbridge, UK director of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, said Middleton was ‘unwittingly setting a bad example’ that may encourage other tourists.
article_snippet.sent: However, Siri Martinsen, of Norway’s animals rights group NOAH, said Middleton has a ‘special responsibility’ not to support animal cruelty.
highlights_snippet.sent: Middleton wrote about eating whale for a national newspaper travel story .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The WDC said Middleton should have gone whale watching  instead .