December 2012. WDC, Whale and Dolphin Conservation has revealed evidence from a
recent undercover operation in Denmark which clearly shows whale meat from
Greenland on sale commercially in Denmark.
A
WDC team found Minke whale steaks and blubber openly available to buy at a
tourist shop in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, thus putting Denmark in breach
of European Union (EU) laws which ban EU Member States from the killing and
commercial sale of whales. Ironically, the revelations by WDC also come in the
week when Greenland has threatened to impose its own quotas regarding the
number of whales that it will hunt for ‘local nutritional needs' in 2013.
Contravenes
International Whaling Commission regulations
The sale of these whale products in Denmark also contravenes International Whaling Commission (IWC - the body that regulates whaling) regulations, and also those of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
The sale of these whale products in Denmark also contravenes International Whaling Commission (IWC - the body that regulates whaling) regulations, and also those of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
Earlier
in the year, a separate undercover investigation by WDC revealed that Greenland
(a Danish overseas territory) had been actively undermining the IWC ban on commercial
whaling by selling whale meat to tourist visiting Greenland from whales that
are allowed to be killed only for the nutritional needs of local aboriginal
people.
This
latest undercover operation by WDC in Denmark itself clearly shows that this
form of illegal commercial whaling has now extended into mainland Europe and
makes a mockery of Greenland's requests to hunt more whales to feed native
Greenlanders.
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