Crowds of islanders, including youngsters, gathered to watch the slaughter, known as “the grind”. Anti-whaling activist Peter Hammarstedt, 28, exposed last week's killings by posing as a film ...

"Demand for whale meat in Japan has plummeted," he said. "It is completely incomprehensible why the Japanese government is including new species to slaughter. "It is clear that whales are ...

They presented the government of the Faroe Island with a petition by their organizations named Whale and Dolphin-Forum (WDSF} and “ProWal” with almost 60.000 signatures to stop the slaughter.

IWC's shame: Japan's whale slaughter "We set out to reveal the truth about the government's whaling program, but instead have been punished, while those behind the misuse of public money walk free ...

Many in the international community believe such hunts amount to needless slaughter and serve only as a a pretext for retrieving whale meat to be sold in markets and restaurants. Australia's ...

The little coastal town of Mendocino, California, has long been a hotbed of progressive activism. In 1976, the cause was ...

I was delighted to report the victory in this very column when the United Nations International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that the Japanese government should immediately stop the slaughter of ...

On July 1, Japan announced commercial whaling quotas authorizing the annual slaughter of 25 sei whales, 187 Bryde’s whales, and 171 minke whales. The IWC’s underlying treaty, the International ...

In fact, the hunt reached depressing new lows this summer, as islanders killed far more whales than they could possibly (or safely) consume, targeted new dolphin species—including the slaughter of 480 ...