All Press Releases for Whales
Today’s report, dubbed the London Report on Illegal Whaling, comes as the
Government of Japan prepares to launch its whaling fleet into international
waters later this week. Its dramatic findings add to a growing body of
legal opinion Read more »
More than twenty representatives of fifteen non government organizations
(NGOs) from ten Latin American countries are meeting in Santiago de Chile from
October 15th to the 18th in order to coordinate strategies with a view toward
the 60th Annual M Read more »
In a move to show support from the highest levels of Tongan Society, the
evening will be hosted by the Her Royal Highness, Princess Salote Mafile’o
Pilolevu Tuita, whose father, the Late King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV courageously
banned wha Read more »
IFAW opposes whaling on the grounds that it is cruel and unnecessary.
Economic studies in Iceland commissioned by IFAW and the Iceland Nature
Conservation Association (INCA), have also revealed very little demand for the
meat in Iceland or elsewhe Read more »
The event highlighted this summer’s cetacean survey of the eastern Mediterranean
Sea which began in May. Mahmoud Fouad of the Department of Natural Resources at
Egypt’s Ministry of Environment is among the 12 interns who are participati Read more »
Since 1994, Japan and Norway have regularly submitted proposals to CITES seeking
to weaken protection for the great whales. This year, Japan proposed a
full review of the population status of all 13 great whale species by CITES,
while Icelan Read more »