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Hundreds of whale products are being offered for sale on the Japanese website of internet search engine company Yahoo!, according to a new report

Prior to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in July 2012, conservation groups have released a report calling for a change in Denmark’s policy on whaling which has caused conflict with fellow European Union members in recent years

The Icelandic newspaper Skessuhorn reported yesterday that it had “reliable evidence” fin whaling will begin again, after being shut down last summer due to the impacts of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Although Kristján Loftsson, director of Hvalur, would not confirm, the paper claimed it had evidence

Internet giant Amazon has officially banned the sale of whale and dolphin products from its wholly owned Japanese website following outrage that they were offered for sale after we revealed Amazon Japan not only sold products from endangered and protected whale species but also containing dangerous levels of mercury

Internet giant Amazon appears to have removed all whale products from its wholly owned Japanese website Amazon Japan overnight, following worldwide publicity that scores of whale products were offered for sale, some from endangered and protected whale species and other products containing dangerous levels of mercury

Internet marketplace giant Amazon is called on to stop supporting commercial whaling by immediately and permanently banning the sale of all products from whales, dolphins and porpoises following the revelation that Amazon Japan, the wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon Inc, sells hundreds of cetacean food products