The IWC recently met and the Japanese are pressuring the IWC delegates to approve of their Antartic Whale hunt in 2009 or they will kill Humpback Whales as well as the Fin and Minke whales. Go to www.seashepherd.org for more details.
Entries Tagged as 'International Whaling Commission'
International Whaling Commission Meeting
July 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: International Whaling Commission · Japanese Whaling · Whale Slaughter · Whale Suffering
Europe Unites To Defend The Whales
June 9th, 2008 · No Comments
The European Union agreed on June 5, 2009 to take a unified stand against whaling. Environmental ministers meeting in Luxembourg adopted a common position that supports the current moratorium against commercial whaling, sets up whale sanctuaries, and encourages the use of non-lethal methods to collect scientific data. “There is no need to kill whales to […]
Tags: European Union · International Whaling Commission · Whale News
