International Whaling Commission

Whales, Conservation & Eco-Tourism - Report From the G-20 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Mexico

Robert Hormats | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Conservation, International Whaling Commission, Whales, g20, Ecotourism, Gray Whales, Commercial Whaling, Whaling, World News

Animals -- marine or otherwise -- do not confine themselves to national boundaries. It's vital that all governments take ownership and pride in their biodiversity and ecosystems, and live up to their responsibilities both moral and legal.

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What Bid Do I Hear for the Life of That Thar Whale?

Carl Safina | Posted 04.08.2012

Want to just solve the problem? They estimate that whaling makes about $31 million in profits. Anti-whaling spends $25 million. If the anti-whaling money directly paid whalers not to hunt -- problem solved.

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Like Chimp Research, More To Whaling Than Economics

| Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: Primate Research, International Whaling Commission, Video, Chimps, Chimpanzee Research, Japan Whaling, Animal Research, Animals, Whales, Whaling, Chimpanzee Research Backlash, Green News

By Jennifer Jacquet (Click here for original article.) "Research on chimpanzees is contentious, expensive, and of increasingly limited necessity,"...

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International Whaling Commission Debates Anti-Corruption Measures

AP | DAVID MacDOUGALL | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: International Whaling Commission, Whaling Debate, Australia Whaling, International Whaling Commission 2011, Whaling Countries, Japan Whaling, Animals, Whaling, Whaling Commission, Green News

ST. HELIER, Jersey — A British proposal to crack down on alleged vote-buying was among the main items on the agenda as the International Whaling...

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Sanction Iceland, the World's Whaling Outlaw

Joel Reynolds | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Whales, Whaling, International Treaty, Iceland, Gary Locke, International Whaling Commission, Conservatives, Commercial Whaling, Green News

The Obama administration deserves credit and our strong support for demanding an end to Iceland's brutal, outdated and illegal slaughter of the world's most magnificent animals.

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Greenland Begins Humpback Whale Hunt

Hardy Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Whale Meat, International Whaling Commission, Whale Hunt, Inuit Circumpolar Council, Iwc, Whaling, Greenland Whale Hunt, Nuuk Greenland, Green News

The humpback population has now recovered to the extent that explorer whales have made their way back to ancient feeding grounds. This should be cause for joyous celebration -- not a dreadful slaughter.

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Faroe Islands Pilot Whale Massacre Exposed by Undercover Activist

Deborah Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Faroe Islands, Sea Shepherd, Denmark, The Cove, International Whaling Commission, Green News

Last week, The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society captured shocking and highly disturbing images of 236 pilot whales brutally slaughtered in the town of Klaksvik in the Danish Faroe Islands.

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Is Anti-Whaling Pressure Working On Japan?

The New York Times | ANDREW C. REVKIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Whaling Criticism, International Whaling Commission, Whale Hunting Ban, Japan Whaling, Whale Hunting, Anti Whaling Pressure, Japan, Anti Whaling, Whaling, Green News

The closing line of Martin Fackler's weekend article about fading passion for whaling in a Japanese whaling town is stark and telling: "Japan doesn...

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The Cove Opens in Tokyo With Clash From Protesters

Deborah Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taiji, Iwc, Taiji-Dolphin-Hunt, International Whaling Commission, Ops, Japan Whaling, Mercury Poisoning, Louie Psihoyos, The Cove, Dolphin Kills, Ric O'Barry, Impact News

After several months of delays and protests by nationalist groups, the long-awaited release of the Oscar award winning film, 'The Cove,' premiered in six sold out cinemas across the Japanese capital on Saturday.

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A Win for the Whales in Morocco?

Deborah Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Japan Whaling, Iceland Whaling, International Whaling Commission, Norway Whaling, Whaling, Commercial Whaling, Impact News

Japan is certainly feeling the pressure to put an end to its barbaric whaling practices. Of course, one cannot expect miracles from a country that referred to whales as the "cockroaches of the sea."

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Obama Administration Keeps Promise on Whale Conservation at International Talks

Philip Radford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: International Whaling Commission, President Obama, Obama Administration, Obama, Oceans, Whales, Whaling, Environmental News, Green, Environment, Animals, Green News

While the nations that gathered at the International Whaling Commission failed to come to an agreement that could help save whales, the President and his team stood their ground in the end.

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Pro-Whaling Proposal Fails, but Whales Aren't Safe Yet

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ireland, Obama Administration, International Whaling Commission, Norway, Japan, Whaling, President Obama, Green News

The fight to ban commercial whaling has had mixed outcomes through the years. There's a ban on commercial whaling, but Japan, Norway, and Iceland have...

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Nations Fail To Reach Agreement On Commercial Whaling

The Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Our Oceans, International Whaling Commission, Whaling Agreement, Whaling Agreement Fails, Commercial Whaling, Animals, Green News

Nations discussing a plan to allow the first legal commercial whaling in almost 25 years, in an attempt to curb the number of whales hunted by a handf...

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Whaling Commission Proposes Limited Commercial Whale Hunts

AP | JAY ALABASTER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: International Whaling Commission, Iceland Whaling, Norway Whaling, Commercial Whaling, Iwc, Whale Hunting, Japan Whaling, Animals, Whaling, Whale Hunt Quota, Legal Whale Hunts, Green News

TOKYO -- The International Whaling Commission has proposed allowing whales to be hunted under strict quotas, bringing the world a step closer to the f...

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Green News Report -- June 22, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

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TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Breaking: Mor...

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Earth Day Actions to Help Animals and the Environment

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vegetarian, Pets, Food Choices, Genesis Awards, Earth Day, Factory Farms, Animals, Whales, Whaling, Fur, Wildlife Sanctuary, International Whaling Commission, Earth Day 2010, Environment, Animal Planet, Landscapes, Oceans, Meat, Wildlife, Green News

If you care about animals, you should care about the environment. To live and be healthy, animals need a healthy environment. And that's one major rea...

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A Bad Deal for the Whales

Sara Wan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iwc, International Whaling Commission, Japan, Whaling, Whales, Animals, Green News

If anyone has ever traveled to San Ignacio Lagoon, to have the experience of making personal contact with a gray whale, one would understand that these magnificent creatures do not deserve to be mercilessly hunted.

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Greasing the Wheels to Get At the Whales

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bribery, International Whaling Commission, Moratorium, Japan, Whales, Whaling, Green News

Even though young people in Japan are hardly interested in eating whale meat, the government is still committed to killing whales, and seeks each year greater validation from the IWC for its currently unauthorized whale-killing gambits.

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U.S. Leads New Bid To Phase Out Whaling

The New York Times | John M. Broder | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The United States is leading an effort by a handful of antiwhaling nations to broker an agreement that would limit and ultimately end wh...

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Mr. President, Don't Give Whalers a License to Kill

Pierce Brosnan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marine Animals, Japanese-Whalers, Whales, Whaling, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Commercial Whaling, International Whaling Commission, Norway, Whaling Ban, Japan, Iceland, Green News

Is it possible that the Obama Administration will capitulate to a proposed plan that permits Japan, Norway, and Iceland to resume commercial whaling? As unlikely as it sounds, the answer is yes.

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While Australia Leads for Whales, U.S. Lags

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, Obama Administration, International Whaling Commission, Japan, Moratorium, Australia, Whales, Pierce Brosnan, Whaling, Kevin Rudd, Green News

Humane Society International and The Humane Society of the United States, together with actor Pierce Brosnan and his wife, Keely Shaye Smith, are aski...

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New Zealand On Whaling: Allow Nations To Kill Limited Number Of Whales

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Allowing whaling nations to kill a limited number of the animals is the only way ensure control, New Zealand's representative on the issue has said....

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Australia Sues Japan Over Whaling

AP | SHINO YUASA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Whaling Research, Japan, Australia, Whaling Lawsuit, International Court of Justice, International Whaling Commission, The Hague, World News

TOKYO — Japan said Tuesday it would staunchly defend its research hunt that kills hundreds of whales per year, a day after Australia filed an in...

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Toxic or Not, Commercial Whaling Is Back on the Table

Peter Christian Hall | Posted 05.25.2011

The only global organization to ever control whaling may be on the rocks. An IWC collapse would dissolve a 24-year moratorium on commercial whaling, leaving Japan and other whalers to hunt freely.

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As Whale Species Rebound, Delegates Reevaluate Commercial Hunting Ban

The Washington Post | Juliet Eilperin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Save the Whales, International Whaling Commission, Whale Hunting Ban, Whale Hunt, Commercial Whale Hunting, Whale Rebound, Japan Whale Hunt, Animals, Whale Hunting, Green News

A quarter-century after the first anti-hunting regulations were approved, several whale populations have stabilized and a few seem to be rebounding. ...

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