‘Tis the season to stop whaling!
As meeting delegates take their seats, thousands of miles away the Japanese whaling fleet is preparing its harpoons with around half a tonne of explosives.
WSPA and other members of the Whalewatch Network are calling for commitment to change from the three whaling nations.
‘Tis the season to stop whaling!
As meeting delegates take their seats, thousands of miles away the Japanese whaling fleet is preparing its harpoons with around half a tonne of explosives.
WSPA and other members of the Whalewatch Network are calling for commitment to change from the three whaling nations.
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'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.
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.
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.
Disney artist and WSPA celebrate the Caribbean’s whales
The completed, colourful wall will support the Caribbean anti-whaling movement and celebrate the successful whale watching industry as a more humane and profitable alternative to whaling.
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.
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.
Eye to eye with the world’s largest animals
WSPA is working with Norwegian animal welfare groups and photographer Bryant Austin to premiere an exhibition of stunning life-sized whale images in Oslo.
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.
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.
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