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The controversial hunt for minke whales in Iceland ended after the fall in profits that resulted in the closure of the local industry, announced Friday the International Fund for Animal Welfare (19659002). This is the smallest number since Iceland resumed whaling in 2003, with 17 animals captured last summer and 46 in 2016.
19659002] The chief of IP-Utgerd Ltd whaling company, Gunnar Jonsson, confirmed to AFP that the hunt had stopped
"We need to go much further from the coast than before, so we need more than Iceland, together with Norway, openly challenges the ban on whaling by the International Whaling Commission in 1986.
The practice has drawn many corners, including l & # 39; European Union and the United States, which in 2014 Iceland threatened While minke whale meat is sold in Iceland, it is mainly tourists who eat it.
According to a recent Gallup poll commissioned by IFAW, only 1% of Icelanders say they regularly eat whale meat and 82
Japan also hunts but uses a legal loophole that allows him to continue to catch animals to collect scientific data.
The Icelandic Hvalur whaling company drew earlier this month The Conservatives claimed to have killed a rare blue whale
However, it turned out to be a hybrid between a blue whale and fin whales, which may be even rarer than blue whales but have no law to protect them.
– Additional reportage of SBS News
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