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As Delegates Convene in London, Conservation of the Worlds Whales in Jeopardy

U.S. Newswire, March, 2008

To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS

Contact: Jacob Levenson, IFAW, +1-508-744-2235, Jlevenson@ifaw.org

YARMOUTH, Mass., March 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Whaling Commission (IWC) is holding an intersessional meeting this week in London to discuss an impasse between those countries which support whale conservation, and the minority, lead by the government of Japan, that advocate a return to widespread commercial whaling.

A global ban on commercial whaling was approved by member nations of the IWC in 1986, yet since the ban came into effect, more than 30,000 whales have been killed ...

 

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