Iceland Is Whaling Again


	Iceland Is Whaling Again

merrie

6-25-2008 5:53 AM

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minke whales, whale hunt ban, iceland, whale hunt, international whaling commission

merrie says:

Please write to Iceland’s fisheries minister and tell him to end Iceland's whale hunt
By contrast, Iceland’s fisheries minister, Einar Kristinn Guðfinnsson, is choosing to ignore the consequences of the hunt and allowing this unnecessary slaughter to proceed when he could be promoting whale watching, a lucrative alternative, instead.

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