We have achieved some major victories for whales and dolphins in recent years, such as successfully calling on internet retail giants to end sales and advertisements for cetacean products. Reaching our target of £20,000 in the Big Give will have a major impact on the work we are able to undertake in the coming year
A statement by a coalition of organisations including EIA has been published in the Faroese media. Whilst the statement also recognises the historical importance of the pilot whale to the Islanders, it calls on them to end the hunting and instead celebrate the whales by developing ecotourism including whale watching
Following our news alerts last week concerning the brutal killing of pilot whales in the Faroe Islands, we are shocked to learn through Faroese media that a further 136 pilot whales have been killed in Husavik, Sandoy Island
A coalition of 13 international organisations including EIA have written to Faroe Islands Prime Minister Kaj Leo Holm Johannesen and Minister of Fisheries Jacob Vestergaard to register their extreme concern about the continued cruel and unnecessary killing of pilot whales
Following outrage at mass killings of pilot whales in the Faroe Islands where the creatures were subjected to extreme distress, pain and suffering, we urged direct protests to the Government of the Faroe Islands as the most effective way to express concern, specifically the Prime Minister and the Minister of Fisheries
We were thrilled to hear remarks of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the need for renewed international efforts to combat wildlife crime. It's been 12 years since the United Nations first recognised wildlife crime as a form of serious transnational organised crime, deserving of a organised enforcement response