We have been documenting the annual Dall’s porpoise hunts for some 20 years, to raise awareness of the hunts themselves and their negative impact on marine conservation, taking our findings to meetings of the International Whaling Commission leading to several resolutions being adopted calling on Japan to stop the hunt
Internet giant Yahoo! is still selling whale products via its subsidiary Yahoo! Japan and we urge supporters to pressure it to follow in the footsteps of Amazon and unequivocally ban all whale and dolphin products from its marketplaces
The Environmental Investigation Agency and eight other NGOs have written to the Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands, Kaj Leo Johannesen, to express their deep concerns about the high number of pilot whales killed there so far this year. In the year to August 24, 590 long-finned pilot whales have been killed.
The largest direct hunt of any whale, dolphin and porpoise in the world – described by International Whaling Commission (IWC) scientists as “clearly unsustainable” – traditionally commences in Japan on November 1 each year
Internet giant Yahoo! is selling whale products via its subsidiary Yahoo! Japan and we need your help to pressure it to stop
After our campaign urging internet retail giant Amazon to stop selling whale meat via its subsidiary Amazon Japan resulted in all such products being withdrawn from sale, we call on the company to formally declare that all whale, dolphin and porpoise products will be banned from all Amazon websites, permanently