A study based on official numbers from the International Whaling Commission, shows the success of the whaling moratorium.
Everybody knows that since the beginning of the whaling moratorium in 1986, Iceland, Japan and Norway have continued hunting whales. On this much has been said, even that the moratorium has been a failure. In order to respond to all of these, three international NGOs, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS), Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) and Humane Society International (HSI) joined forces and analyzed the numbers on whaling.
The analysis, carried out in a simple and clear way through animated graphics, shows the number of whales hunted since the creation of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling in 1946 until today.
On line published data shows that the moratorium imposed by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) since 1986, has saved hundreds of thousands of whales, and in the case of several species of these large cetaceans, even from certain extinction.
Few days before representatives of more than 80 countries meet in Agadir, Morocco, to discuss a proposal, which in case of being accepted just as it currently is drafted, would remove the moratorium on whaling (which has been in place for more than two decades), it is of vital importance that key actors are clear about the relevance of maintaining the moratorium for the future of whales.
To know more about this matter and see all the mentioned statistics we invite you to visit:
WDCS - Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society
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