Posts Tagged ‘Iceland fin whaling’
Short and cruel hunt season ends in Iceland
The shortened Icelandic fin whale hunts season has finished with a final total of 23 whales killed, 1 unborn calf killed and 1 whale lost. This year the hunting season, which normally starts in June, began on the 1st of September due to the suspension of hunting permits, by Iceland’s Ministry of Food, Agriculture and…
Read MoreWhaling boat kept in port after more hunt cruelty exposed
The shortened hunting season began on September 1 One of the whaling boats involved in the latest hunts in Iceland has been kept in port after yet more controversy surrounding welfare breaches. Vessels were allowed to go out hunting just a few days ago after the government in Iceland lifted its own suspension of the…
Read MoreWhalers kill just days after Iceland’s hunt suspension is lifted
Whalers in Iceland have claimed their first victims since the lifting (just a few days ago) of a suspension of the hunts because they broke animal welfare laws. Incredibly, from pictures taken of the first kills, it seems that fin whales are once again being killed using more than a single shot. Images show two…
Read MoreEthical questions raised over vet who also helped design and prosper from exploding harpoons
Reports from Iceland have revealed that a Norwegian veterinarian who worked as a consultant to the Icelandic company responsible for killing whales, also designed a part the exploding grenade harpoons used by the company. Egil Ole Øen, a whaling expert. had a patent on the designs for 20 years. The patent, for a mechanism that…
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Success! Fin whaling in Iceland is suspended after officials say hunts are unlawful
Icelandic Fisheries Minister, Svandís Svavarsdóttir has called off this season’s fin whale hunt! The Icelandic government has suspended all fin whaling, with immediate effect, until at least the end of August, on the grounds that it breaks Iceland’s own animal welfare laws. On top of this, no new licences have been issued for 2024 onwards.…
Read MoreAutomated cruelty – vending machines in Japan now dispense dead whale
In an effort to prop up the cruel and declining whale hunting industry in Japan, one company is desperately attempting to increased consumption of whale meat by selling it via vending machines. Kyodo Senpaku Co., a Tokyo-based major whaling operator, is opening four unmanned Kujira (whale) vending machine stores selling whale meat and processed whale…
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