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07-17-2018, 03:44 PM
Iceland gets away with killing dozens of huge, endangered whales. Here's why.
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Icelandic whalers have spent much of July ripping back the skin of 65-foot long endangered fin whales in preparation to butcher their meat.*
Earlier this month, the commercial whaling company, Hvalur hf, may have also captured and skinned an endangered blue whale — the largest creature ever known to live on Earth — according to photographs (https://www.seashepherdglobal.org/latest-news/iceland-kills-blue-whale/) from the ocean conservation and vigilante group Sea Shepherd.
Most every nation has prohibited killing whales, creatures whose populations were decimated by ruthless whaling practices in the 1800sInternational treaties (https://iwc.int/home) also prohibit the antiquated practice, yet a few nations — Iceland, Japan, and Norway — have found legal rationals for hunting whales. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/17/iceland-whaling-blue-fin-whales/)
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Icelandic whalers have spent much of July ripping back the skin of 65-foot long endangered fin whales in preparation to butcher their meat.*
Earlier this month, the commercial whaling company, Hvalur hf, may have also captured and skinned an endangered blue whale — the largest creature ever known to live on Earth — according to photographs (https://www.seashepherdglobal.org/latest-news/iceland-kills-blue-whale/) from the ocean conservation and vigilante group Sea Shepherd.
Most every nation has prohibited killing whales, creatures whose populations were decimated by ruthless whaling practices in the 1800sInternational treaties (https://iwc.int/home) also prohibit the antiquated practice, yet a few nations — Iceland, Japan, and Norway — have found legal rationals for hunting whales. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/07/17/iceland-whaling-blue-fin-whales/)
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