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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 [...]
Faroese slaughter record number of pilot whales in 2010
A TOTAL of 1,115 pilot whales have been brutally slaughtered in the Faroe Islands so far this year, making it the largest kill of any whale species in the world. Environmental and animal welfare organisations are deeply concerned about the escalation of these hunts, as more whales have been killed in 2010 than in any [...]
Clare Perry’s opinion as Japan’s largest dolphin slaughter begin
On 1st November the world’s largest cetacean hunt – the Dall’s porpoise hunt – resumed again. I was in the small fishing port of Otsuchi in northern Japan earlier this year, with a cameraman and fixer, to film and document the porpoises being landed. It was a depressing and frustrating trip. We were treated with [...]
Public health threat increases as Japan’s largest dolphin slaughter begins
LONDON: Campaigners are warning of the risk of a public health disaster unfolding in Japan while condemning the largest cetacean hunt in the world, which begins today in Japan’s coastal waters. Up to 15,000 porpoises will be killed and their meat sold throughout Japan, despite an international moratorium on commercial whaling. The meat is sold [...]