Endangered Whale Massacre on the Horizon? - Blue Living Ideas

Endangered Whale Massacre on the Horizon?

Posted on Apr 27, 2010 by Zachary Shahan.

Here is some very surprising and disappointing news. The Chair of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) announced a proposal this week that would endorse the killing of whales, including some endangered species. The proposal would also allow the killing of whales in their number one feeding ground — the Southern Ocean.

This would reverse a decision made 25 years ago to put a moratorium on whaling.
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Whales Caught as Incidental Bycatch Threaten Coastal Populations

Posted on Jul 08, 2009 by Derek Markham.

The number of whales killed and sold as ‘incidental bycatch’ along the coasts of Japan and South Korea may equal the amount of whales caught through legal whaling, threatening populations of minke, western gray, humpbacks, fin whales, and Bryde’s whales.
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