Animal Welfare Council Member Calls for Sanctions Over Whaling Practices

An animal welfare expert has called on Icelandic authorities to impose administrative fines on whaling company Hvalur hf., arguing that recent findings on the prolonged death of a fin whale demonstrate that the hunt cannot comply with Iceland’s animal welfare legislation. Katrín, a member of Iceland’s Animal Welfare Council, criticised the Icelandic Food and Veterinary [...]… The post Animal Welfare Council Member Calls for Sanctions Over Whaling Practices appeared first on Iceland Review.

By Michael Chapman