Requirements for increased scrutiny on Japan’s scientific whaling have been enforced by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) The proposal put forward by the governments of Australia...
The IWC’s shift from ‘whalers’ club’ to whale welfare has been well received by various animal organisations. Whale welfare is firmly on the agenda as the...
World Animal Protection angered by defeat of proposal for Whale Sanctuary in the South Atlantic. The South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary was proposed by the governments of...
Despite the moratorium put in place in 1986, for profit and ‘bogus science’, Iceland, Japan and Norway have put more than 40,000 whales to death. Ahead...
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A proposed 50m sq mile sanctuary for migratory whales has been opposed by a Japanese led commercial whaling lobby during the International Whaling Commission’s (IWC) biennial...
The Humane Society International (HSI) has called on the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to curb violations of the global moratorium on whaling, which campaigners fear is...
California blue whales have returned in sustainable numbers, becoming the first population of their species to recover from whaling, scientists have reported. According to new research...
Japan’s highly controversial annual dolphin slaughter, held in the waters by the town of Taiji, has officially begun. It is expected to last six months and...
Norwegian fisherman have captured a record total of 729 whales so far this year, the highest number since 1993, when the country officially resumed the internationally...
Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has informed a parliamentary committee of his renewed efforts to continue whaling for scientific purposes, months after a ban by the...
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Japan is to launch a reduced whale hunt next week after an International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling prohibited the country from whaling off Antarctica. Japanese...
The International Court of Justice has ruled that Japan must temporarily halt its whale killing for scientific purposes in Antarctica, following a claim brought forward by...
Whaling: rugged Scandinavian men with spears and harpoons chasing poor, defenceless whales out of their natural habitat, before slaughtering and eating them. It’s fair to say...