WHALE HUNTING: AUSTRALIA TAKES UP THE SLOT AGAIN

CETACES NEWS - Australia continues its momentum, and maintains an extremely strong position on whaling. While a limited but very real commercial hunting program is under discussion, the Australian Minister of the Environment reaffirms his categorical refusal. The 30 countries of the International Whaling Commission's working group will meet next week in Washington, but it will be June when the annual IWC summit will take place. Recall that the moratorium, though signed in 1986, is not respected everywhere: Norway, Iceland and Japan continue to hunt, openly for some, and under the guise of scientific experiments for others. It remains to be seen whether Australia will convince the whole community, and find enough allies ...