Urge Iceland to end whale hunting
Just recently, Iceland's fisheries minister reluctantly issued whale hunter Kristjan Loftsson a license to kill 128 imperiled fin whales.
Fin whales are awe-inspiring—capable of communicating through song, maintaining long-term social bonds and experiencing pain and suffering. Loftsson even kills whales while they are pregnant, and a study conducted by the Icelandic government found that these majestic giants can take up to two hours to die after being harpooned.
We can stop this cruelty and protect the second largest mammal on Earth—not just this season but for good—by helping change the law and making this Iceland’s last whaling license. The Icelandic government is under pressure. The key minister admitted she doesn’t agree with whaling but says she felt the current law gave her no choice but to grant the license. Even so, she restricted Loftsson to a one-year whaling permit instead of the five years he had requested. Brave lawmakers plan to try to amend that law with a new legislative bill to ban commercial whaling in Iceland.
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To Iceland's Prime Minister, Fisheries Minister, and all members of the Icelandic government and Parliament: As citizens from around the world, we are horrified by the continuing commercial whale hunt in Iceland. We urge you to use this opportunity to end whale hunting permanently, and to champion greater protection for whales worldwide.