Norway Sentences 1,052 Whales to Death

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Sea Shepherd

12/05/2006

 

Norway Sentences 1,052 Whales to Death

 

On November 31st, the Norwegian government passed a death sentence of 1,052

whales for 2007.

 

This is the same quota as 2006 despite the fact that the Norwegian whalers

could only find and kill 500 whales this year.

 

Fisheries Minister Dag Terge (“The Butcher”) Anderson also authorized the

whalers to kill all the whales along the Norwegian coast so the whalers need

not travel far to hunt down their victims. The Butcher believes this will

make it easier for the quota to be reached.

 

This year's quota was the largest since Norway began illegal commercial

whaling in 1986 in clear violation of the International Whaling Commission

(IWC) moratorium on commercial whaling worldwide.

The Norwegians have set an illegal quota of 172 for Jan Mayen for any whale

killer that does make it to that area. No whales were killed off Jan Mayen

in 2006 and with luck no whales will be killed there in 2007.

The rest of the waters along the Norwegian coast will run red with the hot

blood of the whales, however. Whalers didn’t help their own case for support

when this year, near the Lofoten Islands, they harpooned whales while

shocked tourists looked on from whale watching boats.

 

Norway is the most blatant commercial whaling nation in the world. The

Japanese whalers pretend their whale killing is " scientific research. " The

Norwegians are more “honest” killers and openly boast about their contempt

for international conservation law.

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ANTI-WHALING PETITIONS

Stop whaling in Norway:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/943151967?z00m=9400774

 

Icelandic Whaling Petition

http://www.wspa.org.uk/icelandwhaling.asp