ISHINOMAKI: 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…
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Today (10 November 2018) marks the 70th Anniversary of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW) coming into force. . . The International Whaling Commission (IWC) was created…
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Today (November 1) is the official opening of Japan’s annual Dall’s porpoise hunt, once the largest direct hunt of any whale, dolphin and porpoise in the world. . . Otsuchi,…
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After a tense and sometimes turbulent two weeks in Florianopolis, Brazil, Ocean Campaigner Juliet Phillips reflects on the progress made during the 67th meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC67)…
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Ahead of next week’s 70th meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Russia, we have released a new report evaluating international…
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Released on behalf of the Environmental Investigation Agency, Eco-Benin, Fundação Príncipe Trust, Nature Tropicale and OIKOS FLORIANÓPOLIS: Environmental groups around the world expressed their deep concern as a proposal…
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During the 20th century, 2.9 million whales were killed by the commercial whaling industry – likely the single largest removal of any animal in terms of total biomass in human…
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LONDON: After spending more than three decades slaughtering whales in defiance of an international moratorium on commercial whaling, Japan is proposing a package of measures at an International Whaling Commission…
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The summer’s heatwaves around the world have ushered in a spate of new and alarming reports on climate change. . . Heatwaves have claimed the lives of 80 people in…
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Iceland’s internationally condemned minke whale hunting industry has shut down, citing rising costs.. Just six whales were slaughtered in June and none in July, traditionally the peak time for hunting.…
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