Every year, approximately 15,000 Dall’s porpoises are killed, out of sight and largely out of mind, in a hand harpoon hunt repeatedly described by International Whaling Commission (IWC) scientists as “clearly unsustainable"
A briefing on the impacts of environmental degradation on whales, dolphins and porpoises.Human activities now threaten whales, dolphins and porpoises the world over with increasing noise, high pollutant burdens, depleted food resources and long-term habitat disruption due to climate change
A briefing to the International Whaling Commission on the impacts of pollution on cetaceans and humans who consume cetacean products. Many whales and all dolphins and porpoises are significantly at risk from pollution as they are long-lived and slow breeding animals in the upper levels of the food web
Wal-Mart Stores Inc is the world’s largest retailer and in 2002 it purchased a 37 per cent stake in Seiyu Company of Japan, a major distributor of cetacean products to over 100 stores in Japan. This report calls on the Board of Directors of Wal-Mart to urge Seiyu to cease selling whale, dolphin and porpoise products
A report into how consumers purchasing ‘whale meat’ in Japan are being misled through mislabelling of products on the market. They are often duped into buying meat from dolphins and porpoises when the product is labelled as ‘whale’ and may contain dangerously high levels of pollutants
Report into the relationship between convenience store chain 7-Eleven, Japanese majority owner Ito-Yokado and Japan’s ongoing killing of whales, dolphins and porpoises. Ito-Yokado plays a role in sustaining the Government of Japan’s flagrant refusal to follow the international moratorium on commercial hunting of whales