Despite a ban on commercial whaling, whales are still hunted. A few countries still kill thousands of the animals each year and want to re-open the seas to full-scale commercial whaling. HSI is calling for a global whale sanctuary to end all whaling for commercial purposes forever.
Commercial whaling is out of step with the modern world. We don’t need whale products, including meat: increasingly, because of the toxins they ingest as a result of their polluted habitat, serious health concerns are associated with eating whale meat.
There is no humane way to kill whales, and they already face other threats such as entanglement in debris and fishing gear, pollution and climate change.
Join our campaign and let governments and corporations know you want the slaughter to end.
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Majestic and awe-inspiring. Karten Leuth/istock
IWC 63: July 11-14, 2011
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) was intended to conserve whale stocks and regulate commercial and aboriginal whaling, but most member nations believe it has evolved into a conservation treaty. HSI attended the 63rd annual meeting to speak out for whales.
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April 5, 2012
Japan's Whaling Season Ends as Another IWC Meeting Approaches
As another Japanese whaling season came to a close, HSI prepared for IWC 64.
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March 8, 2012
Amazon.com Confirms New Policy to Ban Sale of Whale and Dolphin Products
Internet giant Amazon.com officially banned the sale of all whale and dolphin products from its wholly owned Japanese website, following global outrage that these products were offered for sale.
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February 22, 2012
Amazon.Com Removes Whale Products From Japan Website
HSI and EIA welcomed the apparent removal of whale products from Amazon.jp, but continued to call for a permanent ban on the sale of all products derived from whales, dolphins or porpoises.
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February 21, 2012
Amazon.com Profits from Slaughter of Whales
A report by the Environmental Investigation Agency, launched in co-operation with HSI, revealed that Amazon Japan, the wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon Inc., was selling more than a hundred cetacean food products.