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A blow for whale welfare: Iceland resumes whaling
In 2007 the Icelandic Fisheries Minister said that demand for whale meat was so low that they would not renew their quota.

WSPA's evidence critical for victory in whale welfare
WSPA’s undercover investigation revealed that 25% of whales killed by Greenland – which they are permitted to hunt only for aboriginal subsistence purposes – are sold commercially, resulting in significant profit and exploding the myth that their whaling quotas are purely subsistence based.

A temporary reprieve for humpbacks, but the whaling continues
WSPA welcomes the news that Japan is no longer seeking to kill 50 humpback whales in their current Antarctic hunt.

Take action: Protect the whaling ban, protect whales!
More than 25 years after the global ban on commercial whaling was passed, these intelligent mammals are in danger once more.

WSPA protest Icelandic whaling season
Accompanied by a life-sized ‘harpooned’ inflatable minke whale – one of the species of whales that will be hunted by Iceland this season – the group of protestors handed in a letter of protest to Icelandic Ambassador Sverrir Haukur Gunnlaugsson at the Embassy, calling for the country to act now to end whaling.

Whales granted reprieve at International Whaling Commission
WSPA is happy that the whales have been given a reprieve and urge the IWC member states to use the “cooling off period to consider the inherent cruelty of whaling.

Norway’s whaling: disregarding welfare, defying logic
Norway’s recently announced 2010 whaling quota is their largest since choosing to defy the International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium – effectively a ban – on commercial whaling in 1983. But as Norway take hunting to new levels, so WSPA’s defence of whale welfare is growing.

WSPA condemns Japanese whaling fleets
"WSPA believes that the hunger to kill whales is being replaced by a hunger to understand and protect them in their natural environment.

Costa Rican seas safe for whales and dolphins
WSPA welcomes the news that the President of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias Sánchez, has signed a decree which declares the sea around the country a protected area for whales and dolphins.

WSPA: Redefining the whaling debate
WSPA will be at the 60th annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Chile next week, lobbying for the ban on commercial whaling to continue on welfare grounds and for a change in IWC focus.

A week that brought both losses and hope for the whales
A week that brought both losses and hope for the whales Jun 28, 2010 Tweet As the 62nd annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) comes to an end, WSPA's Marine Mammal Programmes Manager, Joanna Toole, reflects over this year's meeting.

IWC proposal could harpoon commercial whaling ban
A disastrous proposal by the IWC could see the end of the 24-year ban on commercial whaling. Although the whaling nations –Iceland, Norway and Japan – constantly flout the internationally agreed ban, the deal would realise no significant overall reduction in the number of whales killed.

WSPA condemns seawolrd
This repeated aggressive behaviour is doubly concerning as it reveals the serious welfare risk to both people and animals for the sake of entertainment.