Tag: minke

The first minke whale in Japan’s controversial new commercial whale hunt has been landed at Kushiro port in northern Japan

Animal protection and conservation groups in Europe are calling on European airlines that offer flights to Iceland, a popular whale-watching destination, to urge passengers to stop buying whale products while travelling in the country

Members of the “Don’t Buy from Icelandic Whalers” coalition have affirmed that their campaign will continue until Iceland permanently ends commercial whaling and international trading of whale products, despite recent news that Icelandic whaling company Hvalur hf is suspending its summer hunt of endangered fin whales

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

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

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