Las ballenas ¿Amenazadas? por la Comisión Ballenera Internacional

A draft compromise on whaling released by a working group of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) today set a dangerous precedent that the international community must reject, the Switzerland-based conservation charity WWF said.

Since the imposition of the commercial whaling moratorium in 1985/86, over 33,000 whales have been killed by whaling under objection, reservation and special permit--whaling over which IWC has no control. And these takes have been increasing each year. In 1990, just over 300 whales were taken; in 1995 there were around 750 whales taken; in 2000 they were around 1000 whales; and over the last five years takes have been between 1700 and 1900 whales," the compromise document states.

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