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The ban on commercial whaling is one of the greatest conservation victories of all time. Before it came into effect in 1986, whaling had brought entire species to the brink of extinction. Today, shocking developments are threatening its existence.

Many governments represented at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) are poised to vote for a deal that will allow Japan to legally slaughter whales in its coastal waters in return for reductions in its so called ‘scientific’ whaling in Antarctica. This coastal whaling deal would not only mark the end of the ban on commercial whaling, but offers no guarantee of stopping ‘scientific’ whaling, and it does nothing to stop Norway and Iceland’s expanding hunts.

Meanwhile, South Korea has announced that it is ready to start whaling too and is looking to the IWC to tell it how many whales it can kill.

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(via Testpiel.de)