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The pilot whale slaughter that also raises serious human health concerns

Astrid Fuchs

Astrid Fuchs leitet bei WDC Deutschland den Bereich Policy und strategische Entwicklung. Daneben koordiniert sie die EU-Arbeit und betreut die Bereiche Walfang und Delfinarien.

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The pilot whale slaughter that also raises serious human health concerns

By Astrid Fuchs / 7th July 2016

Once again, more pilot whales have been slaughtered in the Faroes. This time 43 whales have been killed in the first hunt of the season…

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The IWC Scientific Committee meeting: Science and politics

By Astrid Fuchs / 8th June 2016

Tuesday saw the start of the International Whaling Commission’s (IWC) 2016 Scientific Committee meeting, hosted in Bled, Slovenia. WDC experts have been part of the…

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Celebrating 10 years of WDC NA: Towards an end to whaling

By Astrid Fuchs / 15th December 2015

Celebrating 10 years of WDC´s presence in North America is a good opportunity to look both back on our accomplishments to date and forward to…

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“Save the whaling“?

By Astrid Fuchs / 31st March 2015

Recently, Japanese media have reported the ending of Japan’s widely-announced, large-scale non-lethal scientific survey, conducted  in the Southern Ocean during February 2015.  Their stated aim…

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