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Norway’s whale meat industry has gone to the dogs

Norway’s whale meat industry has gone to the dogs

Days after the Norwegian whaling industry announced that 575 minke whales were slaughtered this season (the most in five years) shocking new documents reveal that dwindling domestic demand for the meat means it is sold for dog food or dumped into the sea. In August, Hopen Fisk, a company based in the northern Lofoten region,…

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Norwegian whale slaughter ramps up

Norway’s whale hunters continue to kill large numbers of minke since the hunt season began on 1st April. ‘Last summer marked a four-year high with 503 whales killed’, says WDC anti whaling campaigner Vanessa Williams-Grey. ‘But this year, the whalers seem intent on a record killing spree just to make a point – already killing…

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Over 100 whales killed in opening days of Norway hunt season

According to reports from Norway, the whale hunting season there has begun with the bloody slaughter of over 140 minke whales in just the first few days. Eight boats have set out so far  and have killed nearly three times the number of minke whales at this stage of the hunts compared with last year.…

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How we’re tackling whaling in Norway

We’re helping to spearhead a campaign – supported by an international coalition of almost 40 conservation and animal welfare organisations – calling on airlines flying between Norway and Japan to pledge not to carry or promote whale meat. Appetite for whale meat is dwindling. Fewer people in whaling countries want to eat it and so…

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