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Japan is leaving the Whaling Commission to start commercial whaling – and it is a big deal
On 26 December 2018, the Japanese government announced its withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission (IWC – the body that regulates whaling) in order to officially resume commercial whaling operations in Japanese waters. The intention is to stop the so-called research whaling’ operations in the high seas of Antarctica and the North Pacific and instead…
Leer másA new opportunity to stop Japan’s whaling?
Last Wednesday, the European Parliament voted ‘yes’ to the EU-Japan free trade agreement (or Economic Partnership Agreement). It also agreed to a closely related strategic partnership agreement with Japan. This marked the end of our campaign to use these trade talks to get better protection for whales from the harpoons of Japanese whalers. Our aim…
Leer másNo EU-Japan trade agreement unless Japan stops whaling!
When we launched our campaign in March 2016, calling on the EU to make whaling a deal breaker in the negotiations with Japan on a free trade agreement, we had a clear goal: to get the EU to use the trade talks as a powerful tool and put pressure on Japan to stop its whaling…
Leer másWhales and whalers – how and why WDC is fighting to keep the whaling ban
Today, representatives of the world’s governments are gathered in Florianopolis, Brazil to discuss whales, whalers and whaling. This important ten-day summit of the International Whaling Commission, (IWC, the body that regulates whaling) happens every two years. WDC is at the meeting to provide expert advice to governments and to fight on the side of the…
Leer másWunderbare Neuigkeiten von Curry
Lange haben wir gerätselt, welches Geschlecht unser Paten-Orca Curry hat, es gab sogar die Vermutung, dass Curry männlich ist. Das Rätselraten hat nun ein Ende: Curry ist Mutter geworden und wir wissen daher mit Sicherheit, dass sie ein Weibchen ist. Curry, wie Umas drittgeborenes Kind von uns liebevoll genannt wird, wurde zum ersten Mal im…
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