There Captain Paul Watson Foundation He strongly expressed his opposition to the decision of the Tjaldtangi Ehf company. Of resume the Commercial hunt for minor whales off the Icelandic coast. According to the Foundation, the plan of the entrepreneur Gunfason of kill up to 217 specimens it represents not only a cruel attack on marine fauna, but also one violation of international law.
A situation due to the fact that Iceland continues to ignore the moratorium imposed by the International Baleniera Commission (IWC), which prohibits the commercial hunt to the cetaceans. Each hunting activity – both to common whales and to minor ones – breaks international agreements aimed at protecting animals with great intelligence and ecological importance. Cetacean hunt is a gesture of Environmental irresponsibility That favors short -term profit to the detriment of the health of the oceans and the will of the global community.
The whales, sentinels of the marine ecosystem
The minor whalelike all cetaceans, play a crucial role in the balance of marine ecosystem and in the fight against climate change. Their killing neither from traditions nor from economic reasons: it is Free environmental destructionconsidering that whale meat is now rejected by the vast majority of consumers in the world.
The statements according to which the hunt would have happened according to “high standards of animal welfare“Have been defined lies by the captain Locy macleancommander of the ship John Paul Dejoria:
. A stroke of harpoon cannot guarantee a quick or painless death. The result is always suffering, trauma and devastation – not only for whales, but also for the international reputation of Iceland.
The Foundation sides alongside Icelandic citizens, Whale Watching associations and environmentalists who ask for the establishment of a Permanent sanctuary for whales in the bay of ísafjarðardjúp and throughout the area of the northern Atlantic. The message is clear: Iceland must immediately renounce each whale hunting planrespect the international moratorium and become a lighthouse in the protection of oceansnot a symbol of their destruction. The Northern Atlantic. It is a refuge to defend.
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