{"id":189016,"date":"2021-07-19T12:01:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T11:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=189016"},"modified":"2021-07-16T05:45:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T04:45:29","slug":"norwegian-whale-slaughter-ramps-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2021\/07\/norwegian-whale-slaughter-ramps-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian Whale Slaughter Ramps Up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC)<\/p><\/div>\n

28 Jun 2021 – <\/em>Norway\u2019s whale hunters continue to kill large numbers of minke since the hunt season began on 1st<\/sup> April.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Last summer marked a four-year high with 503 whales killed\u2019, says WDC anti whaling campaigner Vanessa Williams-Grey. \u2018But this year, the whalers seem intent on a record killing spree just to make a point – already killing 416 whales.\u2019<\/p>\n

With the season set to continue until October the whalers have killed almost as many as their final total for the entire 2019 season, which saw 429 whales slaughtered.<\/p>\n

With Norway\u2019s self-allocated quota (number of whales that can be killed) set at 1,278, and seventeen boats licensed to hunt this year, the grim tally so far looks set to rapidly increase.<\/p>\n

Over the past decade, Norwegian whalers have killed more whales than either Japan or Iceland <\/a>– and on three occasions during that period, have killed more whales than those two nations combined.<\/p>\n

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Whale and Dolphin Conservation<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s no secret that whaling is inhumane. A 2018 report<\/a> submitted to the International Whaling Commission (IWC, the body that regulates whaling) by Norwegian authorities revealed that almost a fifth of the whales shot by grenade-tipped harpoons suffer for up to 25 minutes before dying. These statistics are only likely to worsen, given the Norwegian government\u2019s recent decision to relax the regulations.<\/p>\n

Vanessa continued: \u2018Most people are unaware that over two-thirds of the whales killed are females and many of them are pregnant, so this is a tragedy from a conservation as well as a moral perspective.<\/p>\n

\u2018Whales are our allies in the fight against climate change. They store large amounts of carbon in their bodies over decades, which consequently can\u2018t form into climate-damaging carbon dioxide. They also contribute to a healthy marine ecosystem. If we protect whales, we protect ourselves.’<\/p>\n

Demand for whale meat is falling in Norway, as a study<\/a> commissioned by WDC and other NGOs revealed. Only 4% of Norwegians surveyed said that they ate whale meat \u2018often\u2019. As a result, the government in Norway heavily subsidies the industry to keep it afloat.<\/p>\n

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