Activists Call for Immediate Halt to Whaling in Iceland

An environmental organisation has urged the Icelandic government to suspend whaling operations until the country’s legal obligations are clarified, mbl.is reports. In a letter to the Minister of Industries, Hanna Katrín Friðriksson, the group Friends of the Whales called for a halt following plans by Hvalur hf. to resume fin whale hunting this summer. What’s… The post Activists Call for Immediate Halt to Whaling in Iceland appeared first on Iceland Review.

By Michael Chapman