Downloads and resources
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For more information or to share the facts about whaling, please use these resources.
For campaigning
If you would like to take action, you can write to the governments of whaling nations. Let them know that you consider commercial whaling to be indefensible in the 21st century. These sample letters – which can be downloaded and personalised – put forward both the general and country-specific welfare arguments against whaling.
Letter to Norway (Word 28KB)
Letter to Japan (Word 29KB)
Letter to Iceland (Word 27KB)
Names and addresses of people to direct letters to in each of the countries (PDF 13KB)
Download a poster to display at your school, college or workplace: Whalewatch poster (PDF 1.9 MB)
Educational material
Facts about whales (PDF 446KB)
Exploding Myths
This 2008 report reveals the full findings of WSPA's undercover invesitgation in Greenland: that some of the 'aboriginal subsistence' whaling activity is actually turning a commercial profit.Download PDF (1 MB)
Watch the investigation film and read more >>
Whaling: Defying international commitments to animal welfare?
This booklet, produced in 2008, asks why humane slaughter guidelines set by international bodies for some animals are not extended to the whaling debate.
Download PDF (1.4 MB)
Time to Refocus
This 2008 booklet encourages the IWC to seize the opportunity to take a progressive step towards redefining its primary objective: to ensure the long term protection, survival, and recovery of cetacean populations.
Download PDF (520KB)
Troubled Waters
This 2004 report looks at the welfare implications of the methods currently used to hunt whales, dolphins and porpoises. It assess the welfare implications and raises the question as to whether whaling could be conducted in a reliably humane manner.The report calls on the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to urgently address the severe welfare problems that exist in modern whaling activities.
Troubled Waters summary (PDF 328KB)
Troubled Waters full report (PDF 1.5MB)