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1,500+ tonnes of endangered whale meat shipped to Japan

Conservation and animal protection organisations confirmed more than 1500 tonnes of products from endangered Icelandic fin whales were shipped to Japan in July 2016 The discovery comes as Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) considers removing key protection for whales

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Norwegian whale meat linked to country’s fur industry

As the Norwegian whaling industry prepares for the start of the 2016 whaling season, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) today released a document that indicates Norwegian fur farms have used minke whale meat to feed animals raised for the country’s fur industry

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Toxic whale & dolphin shows Japan still gambling with health

As Japan’s annual coastal whale and dolphin hunting season began today with the aim of killing more than 15,000 marine mammals, the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) released new evidence that the Government of Japan continues to recklessly expose its citizens to heavily polluted whale and dolphin products

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Iceland’s image as a whale-watching capital harpooned

Hoping to see protected fin whales in their natural environment, Baker, US whale-watching tourist, and others in his party were instead confronted by the grim spectacle of the Hvalur 8, owned by Icelandic multi-millionaire whaling kingpin Kristján Loftsson, towing dead whales back to port