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.
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.
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.
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.
WSPA condemns alleged Japanese whaling plans
WSPA condemns reported attempts by the Chair of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to strike a deal enabling Japan to resume commercial whaling, when all credible science tells us there is no humane way to kill a whale at sea.
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.
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.
United condemnation of new whaling plans
Together we call for governments to oppose this deal, which could destroy the international ban on commercial whaling.
Science confirms that there is no way to hunt a whale at sea without causing acute suffering.
Appalling new footage shows cruelty of Norwegian whaling
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) is hosting its annual meeting in Morocco from 14th to 26th June; most prominent on this year’s agenda is a vote on a controversial proposal which would allow Norway to kill a further 6,000 whales over the next ten years, effectively putting an end to the whaling ban.
World against whaling: WSPA demonstrates global opposition to whaling at the IWC
WSPA, NOAH – for dyrs rettigheder and Dyrebeskyttelsen Norge today hosted a press conference at the 62nd meeting of the IWC.
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.
Whaling footage shows severe suffering and harpooning
The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)’s analysis of the footage reveals evidence of the severe cruelty and suffering inflicted on whales in the Japanese whale hunt.
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