Making a killing from endangered whales
How Iceland is creating a new trade in fin whale meat for Japan
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Renegade Whaling
A report on Iceland’s creation of a trade in endangered fin whales for Japanese consumers
Urgent appeal: Iceland – a deathtrap for whales
ICELAND: A DEATH TRAP FOR FIN WHALES Over the years, your support has made a big difference in EIA’s efforts to save endangered cetaceans from indiscriminate slaughter. Among our accomplishments, we have exposed and reduced the unsustainable Dall’s porpoise hunt in Japanand have reduced the demand for cetacean meat within the country. We would have [...]
Urgent call to action for EIA followers!
China’s Premier Wen Jiabao is coming to town and will be meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron. It’s going to be a regular date – they will meet annually under an existing arrangement over international cooperation on important issues. We think tigers, and everything tigers represent, should be on their annual agenda, so let’s start [...]
It matters what criminals think too!
“We always need connections…paperwork not important once you have connections, paperwork not important, they are only on paper…they can always be manipulated…” – Singapore ozone-depleting substances (ODS) dealer When it comes to getting insights into what criminals think, EIA and our partners are in a pretty enviable position. Our undercover investigators spend weeks at a [...]
Mary Rice on rhino déjà vu
The rhino is under siege – again*. Poaching and the smuggling of their horns has now been acknowledged as out of control. This is evidenced by the flurry of information from the field – particularly from South Africa (SA). Emails and text messages come in pretty much on a weekly basis. Last night I received [...]