Iceland’s Government fails to pull the plug on country’s shameful rogue whaling
Iceland’s ageing whaling fleet looks set to resume its slaughter this summer as the Government issued a new licence to hunt threatened fin whales.
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Japan’s move to kill fin whales a ‘desperate effort’ to prop up a destructive, outdated industry
Japan’s decision to expand its rogue whaling to include threatened fin whales is today condemned by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) as “an appalling step backwards”.
Iceland’s last whaler harpoons himself in the foot with irrational climate claims
A ‘ludicrous’ attempt to justify the killing of endangered fin whales by claiming their slaughter will help Iceland achieve its climate goals has been debunked by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA).
First whale landed in Japan’s new commercial pirate whale hunt
The first minke whale in Japan’s controversial new commercial whale hunt has been landed at Kushiro port in northern Japan
Iceland shipment to Japan could contain meat from rare hybrid whales
Conservation and animal protection organisations are calling on the Japanese Government to prove that a shipment of Icelandic whale products that arrived in Ishinomaki, Japan, yesterday does not include illegally imported meat from hybrid blue-fin whales
Whale sanctuary blocked by Japan and West African allies despite strong regional support
Environmental groups around the world expressed their deep concern as a proposal to create a whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic under the International Whaling Commission (IWC) was once again blocked by a minority of countries supporting Japan’s pro-whaling agenda