Whale Eye, Chalk drawing by Artists Brian Rojas and Sasha Karlova. Photo source: ©© Heal The Bay
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Fishermen in Norway have caught 729 whales this year, the highest number since it resumed the controversial practice in defiance of international pressure, industry sources said on Monday…
Read Full Article, Guardian UK
Science Is No Excuse For Japan’s Antarctic Whaling, Court Rules(04-01-2014)
Japan’s hugely controversial ‘scientific whaling’ programme is not actually scientific and must be stopped, the International Court of Justice ruled…
Iceland Resumes Fin Whale Hunting After Two-Year Break, Guardian UK (06-20-2013)
Iceland has resumed its commercial hunting of fin whales after a two-year suspension by landing the first of an expected 180 whales in Hvalfjördur. The first kill prompted protests from environment and animal welfare groups that the hunt is cruel and unnecessary…
Norway whalers take first whales of hunting season: official, (05-02-2012)
Norwegian whale hunters have harpooned the first three whales of the year, off Bear Island, nearly a month after the controversial hunting season began…
Japanese Whaling Ban Urged By Australia In Highest U.N. Court (06-26-2013)
Australia’s case at the International Court of Justice, supported by New Zealand, is the latest step in years of attempts by governments and environmental groups to halt the Japanese whaling fleet’s annual trips to harpoon minke and fin whales in the waters around Antarctica…
