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Today (November 1) is the official opening of Japan’s annual Dall’s porpoise hunt, the largest direct hunt of any whale, dolphin and porpoise in the world. The port of Otsuchi, in northern Japan, is the focal point of the hand harpoon hunt which has claimed up to 15,000 Dall’s porpoises in previous years. It [...]
Yahoo! urged to stop selling the meat of endangered whales LONDON: The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today confirmed that a further 131 tonnes of Icelandic fin whale has been shipped to Japan and renewed its call for global retailer Yahoo! to immediately prohibit the sale of the endangered species via Yahoo! Japan. The latest [...]
EIA’s partnership with the Global Ocean Race (GOR) made its first tangible splash as the six yachts competing in the double-handed around-the-world yacht event began on Sunday, September 25, 2011. EIA Director and whale campaigner Jennifer Lonsdale was in Palma, Mallorca, to meet the teams and promote the aims of the partnership. The goals of [...]
LONDON: Supporters in the US have a second chance to see three striking new documentaries following the work of EIA undercover investigators on the frontlines of environmental crime. The Crimes Against Nature films premiered in the USA on September 6 and will be repeated there on Saturday, September 24, 2011. The programmes were a year [...]
WASHINGTON DC: Environmental and welfare groups today revealed that Iceland’s commercial whaling operation exported a further 133 tonnes of whale products from endangered fin whales in July, despite the pending threat of US trade sanctions for violating conservation agreements protecting the creatures. The whale meat, worth an estimated US$1.2 million, was exported to Japan in July [...]
LONDON: Three gripping new documentaries following the work of undercover investigators from the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) will premiere in the USA on Tuesday, September 6, 2011. Launched as a three-part special under Nat Geo Wild’s Crimes Against Nature strand, the programmes have been a year in the making and will take viewers into [...]