Fw: Iceland resumes Fin whale killing

March 25, 2009

Whale schnitzel?

International Fund for Animal Welfare

Whale schnitzel?

'Endangered Fin Whales like this one will die without your help.

Demand for whale meat is so low in Iceland, merchants have resorted to

creating new products like whale schnitzel to try and sell it.

So then why has Iceland decided to cruelly hunt 150 endangered fin and 100

more minke whales? It just doesn't make sense!

Write to the Icelandic Fisheries Minister and tell him whales are worth more

alive than dead!

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Commercial whaling has been banned for more than two decades, yet Iceland

continues firing harpoons into these gentle creatures for products that

nobody needs. It is cruel, unnecessary and unsustainable.

No method exists to kill whales instantly or humanely. It can take up to an

hour to kill a whale, which is first mutilated by an explosive harpoon and

then shot with rifles or prodded with an electric lance.

Tell Iceland that even a small increase in the number of whale watching

tourists will create and secure more jobs and money than the cruelty of

whaling ever will.

The meat from endangered fin whales is not even traditionally eaten by

Icelanders, but exported to places like Japan. Yet Japan already has

thousands of tonnes of unsold whale meat in frozen storage.

The successful whale watching industry offers a humane, sustainable and

financially lucrative alternative to whaling, bringing in approximately Â£10m

a year. Our friends at the Icelandic Whale Watching Association are worried

that killing the whales will also spell the end of their businesses. In a

bankrupt country and a global recession, now is not the time to kill whales

they depend on for tourism.

Please send an email to Iceland's Fisheries Minister urging him to call off

this cruel and unnecessary hunt.'

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