Campaign Whale

Japanese scientists have published new findings that show mercury levels in citizens of the notorious dolphin-hunting town of Taiji up to ten times higher than in the rest of the country*. Taiji is the town made infamous by the multi-award winning documentary The Cove. The film features former ‘flipper ‘ trainer Ric O’Barry and the [...]

Around 20,000 dolphins, porpoises and other whales are cruelly slaughtered in Japanese waters every year. Now, we have a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to stop the appalling suffering inflicted upon these beautiful, intelligent creatures.  A new Japanese Government has been swept to power and with it comes a chance to stop the slaughter once and for [...]

“I was horrified to learn of the cruel slaughter of thousands of dolphins and porpoises in Japan every year. I totally support Campaign Whale’s vital work to give these wonderful animals the protection they deserve and so desperately need. Please support their campaign to save Japan’s dolphins and porpoises before it is too late!”
 Zoë Wanamaker, [...]

Yesterday, as Icelandic whalers headed to sea to begin this year’s hugely controversial whale hunt targeting 250 whales, Campaign Whale led a protest outside of the Icelandic Embassy in London demanding an end to the slaughter.
Campaign Whale was joined by representatives from other leading conservation and animal welfare organisations including the International Fund for Animal [...]

In the past few years the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has been engaged in a process to try and determine the organisation’s future. The IWC, established over sixty years ago to regulate the whaling industry, is deadlocked in an increasingly acrimonious dispute over its future direction, with the pro-whaling nations: Japan, Norway and Iceland, demanding [...]

Medical experts in the Faroe Islands have said that pilot whales are now so contaminated with toxic pollutants that they should not be eaten at all.
The Faroe Islands, situated midway between Scotland and Iceland, is where whale hunts known as the ‘grind’ take place each year with entire pods of whales driven ashore and hacked [...]

Reports from Tokyo suggest that Japan will allow the import of 65 tonnes of whale meat sent from Iceland last June. The meat, which was impounded by customers on arrival, consists of around 60 tonnes of fin whale meat from Iceland’s whaling company Hvalur hf, and about five tonnes of minke meat exported by the [...]