- An Icelandic whaling business, IP-Utgerd, has announced that it will stop whaling altogether, while the largest whaling company in the country, Hvalur hf., has halted its whaling operations for the second year in a row.
- IP-Utgerd and Hvalur continued to whale in spite of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) placing a global moratorium on whaling in 1986.
- Conservationists say they hope that whaling ends permanently in Iceland, although it’s possible that Hvalur will resume hunting whales again in the near future.
Icelandic whaling company IP-Utgerd announced April 24 that it is stopping whaling completely, while the country’s largest whaling firm, Hvalur hf., says it won’t be hunting any whales for the second year in a row.
IP-Utgerd, which mainly targeted minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata), cited financial difficulties after no-fishing zones were extended off the Icelandic coast, forcing its boats…
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Exposing the Big Game 
Let’s hope that Iceland’s horrifying killing of whales is over and that endangered, magnificent fin whales are never again harpooned. May fin whales and all whales be left in peace to fill the oceans with their grandeur and grace.
here here!
Thank god who the hell could kill a whale with what we know about them
From: Exposing the Big Game Reply-To: Exposing the Big Game Date: Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 1:16 PM To: louise kane Subject: [New post] Iceland won’t be killing any whales this year
Exposing the Big Game posted: ” “
Nobody I would ever want to know could.
A cold hearted Viking redneck.
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..it’s sort of *good news*..
but seems temporary..
..how ’bout NEVER EVER AGAIN…
EVER!!