Whale hunting returns to Iceland despite hopes ban would last forever

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Whale hunting is set to return in Iceland despite hopes the temporary ban would remain.

Iceland‘s minister of food, agriculture and fisheries, Svandís Svavarsdóttir, announced on Thursday that this summer’s temporary ban on whaling would be lifted in a move international marine conservation organisation OceanCare has described as ‘disappointing’,

A suspension on whaling was put in place by the Icelandic government in June, set to expire in August 2023, due to animal welfare concerns. It came after monitoring by Iceland’s Food and Veterinary Authority on the fin whale hunt found that the killing of the animals took too long based on the main objectives of the Animal Welfare Act.

An investigation found that around 40%  of hunted whales did not die instantly, with an average time to death of 11.5 minutes. Iceland’s Food and Veterinary Authority found that two whales had to be shot four times. One of the whales took almost an hour to die, while the other took almost two hours.

In anticipation of the ban being lifted, two Icelandic whaling vessels left port yesterday to resume whale hunting, OceanCare said.

 

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[thaibeachlovers]

Are humans the most vile species to ever walk on the face of the planet?

To unnecessarily kill such magnificent creatures is barbaric.

[2baht]

Savages!

[mania]

Will be nice if Whales also cancel their trend of not hunting humans in smaller vessels around Iceland's coasts ????