Iceland’s only fin whaling company, Hvalur, just reported that it has canceled its annual summer hunt of fin whales, an endangered species. The company’s primary market for fin whale meat is Japan, but due to […]
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Activist Hackers Attack Japanese Prime Minister’s Website Over Illegal Whaling
The infamous hacking group Anonymous is up to their usual shenanigans, this time shutting down the personal website of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Anonymous is allegedly fed up with the Japanese practice of killing […]
Lawsuit Between Anti-Whaling Ships Sea Shepherd And Ady Gil Reaches Conclusion
The drama that began when anti-whalers scuttled a fellow anti-whaling vessel in the Southern Ocean in 2010 finally reached a conclusion. An arbitrator ruled that the Sea Shepherd “acted wrongly” when it scuttled a fellow […]
Despite International Ban, Iceland Will Slaughter 150 Rare Fin Whales For Meat
While the civilized world maintains strict bans on hunting rare and endangered wildlife, the tiny nation of Iceland stubbornly refuses to halt the centuries-old practice of killing endangered whales for food. The practice continued on […]