Iceland to resume hunt of endangered fin whales
Conservationists urge EU and US governments to intervene
Environmental Investigation Agency - Press Release
April 27, 2012
Conservation and animal welfare groups expressed concern today over news that Iceland’s hunt of endangered fin whales will resume this summer.
The Icelandic newspaper Skessuhorn reported yesterday that it had “reliable evidence� fin whaling will begin again, after being shut down last summer due to the impacts of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Although Kristj嫕 Loftsson, director of Hvalur, would not confirm, the paper claimed it had evidence that whaling will begin in June and is likely to last for three months....
Date: 2012-05-04 10:24
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