The bottlenose whale that has stranded on a mudflat in Langstone Harbour, off the Hampshire coast could be another victim of the Royal Navy’s powerful anti-submarine sonar claimed a Sussex based conservation group today.
The campaigners also called for the animal to be humanely put down to save it further suffering.
Campaign Whale’s Director Andy Ottaway said ‘It’s a tragic situation but this whale should not be put through a prolonged rescue attempt and the kindest thing would be to put it out of its misery as quickly and humanely as possible’
Iceland's whalers have belatedly been granted a quota of 40 minke whales to kill over the next few months but the government is clearly divided over the issue with Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir warning that resuming the whale hunt could damage Iceland's "long term interests".
Japan has announced it will not kill 50 humpback whales this winter after talks with the United States have increased fears that a political deal is imminent that will lift the 22 year ban on commercial whaling.
On October 4th, Campaign Whale Director Andy Ottaway and MEP Caroline Lucas met with Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas in Brussels, handing him a 110,000 hand-signed petition calling for the EU to do more to protect whales and stop commercial whaling.
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Members of the Makah tribe of the north-west USA illegally killed a grey whale on Saturday 8th September. Although commercial whaling is banned in the United States, the Makah tribe claim they have a cultural, and Treaty right with the US Government, to hunt whales after a lapse of over 70 years.
Campaign Whale has welcomed the announcement by Fisheries Minister Einar Guofinnsson that the Icelandic Government will not permit more whaling after the current quota expires on August 31.
Town councillors in Taiji, Japan, scene of countless cruel dolphin slaughters, have revealed that schoolchildren in the area have been served dolphin meat containing dangerous levels of mercury, prompting warnings of a potential public health disaster as the country attempts to boost consumption of cetacean meat.
Campaign Whale Press Release: 18th July 2007 No Embargo
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Picture Release: Shocked British tourists witness whale killing in Norway
Two British tourists from Sussex on a "holiday of a lifetime", cruising around Spitsbergen in search of Arctic wildlife, were horrified to come across the cruel slaughter of a minke whale.
They witnessed the killing on their first day out of Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard's main island. The whale, still bleeding, was hauled onto the deck for butchering after being struck with an explosive grenade harpoon fired from a cannon on the bow.
This morning, the issue of Greenland’s increased quota returned to the discussions and many countries expressed their concerns about the addition of new species to the quota.
Although the humpback quota was conceded by the Greenlanders, some delegations repeated their concerns that the addition of bowheads was also unacceptable. Monaco said they would accept the extra 25 minke whales but could not support any new species added to the Greenland hunt, not least because of the large and clearly unsustainable hunts of porpoises, beluga and narwhals in Greenland.
Although the Chair clearly wanted consensus on all native whaling quotas, the issue was put to the vote and was passed by 41 in favour, with 11 against and 16 abstentions. Some anti-whaling countries were visibly angry that the UK supported the increased quota and the two bowheads for Greenland.
As predicted yesterday, today’s meeting of the IWC reverted to type when the proposal to create a South Atlantic Whale Sanctuary was defeated by the whalers. As expected,
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Today the IWC approved quotas for native hunters in the
These quotas will apply each year for the next five years:
Monday 28th May.
The annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has begun here in Anchorage
Dominating the IWC\'s agenda this year is the five-year renewal of native subsistence hunt quotas, especially endangered bowhead whales for Alaskan Eskimos. The pro-whalers have threatened to block these quotas and try to force the US to trade the bowhead quota for the lifting of the whaling ban for Japanese coastal commercial hunts.
11th March 2007
The huge Icelandic Investment company The Baugur Group, which owns many retail outlets in Iceland, has followed up its public statement in January opposing the country''s resumption of commercial whaling by banning the sale of whale products from all its stores in Iceland. Baugur representatives met with Campaign Whale in January to discuss the whaling issue.
This move comes as a further blow to both the Government and the whalers who are having difficulty selling whale meat in Iceland. T he Baugur Group has publicly stated that they see Iceland''s resumption of whaling as a serious threat to Iceland''s business interests abroad.
Campaign Whale is leading a coalition of groups meeting with fish retailers in the UK calling on them to review their fish buying policies and reject claims that whales must be culled to conserve fishstocks. This argument has no scientific credibility whatsoever and we believe the public do not want to buy fish from countries that use this spurious argument to justify the cruel slaughter of whales for profit.
Please see our ''don''t buy your fish from whale killers'' campaign section for further information on how you can help
14th February 2007
The following news report reveals Greenpeace only opposes high seas whaling in Antarctica by Japan. Campaign Whale does not support any whaling, least of all in Japan itself where hundreds of whales and thousands of dolphins are slaughtered each year. We are saddened by these reports because they undermine efforts to end all whaling. Whaling is cruel and unnecessary wherever it is conducted and we can only urge people to put their trust and support in organisations that are fighting to end all whaling, everywhere, forever.
TOKYO (AFP) - As activists clash with Japanese whalers on their Antarctic hunt, other anti-whaling campaigners are doing the once unthinkable -- getting out chopsticks and tasting whale meat.
In a bid to reach out to the Japanese public to end the slaughter, the environmental movement Greenpeace is turning its back on confrontation to show it is respectful of Japanese culture.
For Valentine''s Day, Greenpeace distributed cards worldwide, including by fax to a Japanese whaling boat, reading, "I love Japan , but whaling breaks my heart."
And some supporters of the group which has battled for decades to protect the world''s largest animals are doing what hardliners find abominable - eating whale.