Many members of the international community consider whale-hunting a barbaric practice that should have been banned decades ago.  But some countries have ...

five years after leaving an international body that regulates the commercial hunt of the marine mammals. Japan resumed commercial whaling in its territorial waters and exclusive economic zones in ...

In recent months, the arrest of Canadian activist Paul Watson has shed light on a controversial but still ongoing practice in Japan: whaling. Microsoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to ...

Animal rights activist Paul Watson, freed this week from detention in Denmark, vowed on Saturday to end whale hunting worldwide and to stop Japan if it tried to resume whaling in the Southern Ocean.

At the time, commercial whaling by countries such as Japan and the Soviet Union was ... in search of whaling boats violating international hunting laws. “Maybe I’ll get a harpoon in my ...

Kelsey Williamson The study's scientists observed four separate hunting encounters in which the orca pod encountered and attacked a whale shark. Kelsey Williamson provided photos from the ...

In 2024, Japan added a new quota of 59 fin whales ... this key segment of Iceland’s tourism industry is a major opponent of whale hunting. Marine biologist Giulia Bellon said it does not ...

TOKYO (AP) — Meat from fin whales caught for the first time in nearly 50 years off Japan’s northern coast fetched up to more than $1,300 per kilogram (2.2 lbs) at auction Thursday, as ...

He was detained on a 2012 Japanese arrest warrant ... the hunters' explosive harpoons were causing the whales prolonged agony, with the hunt lasting up to five hours after they had been harpooned.

vowed on Saturday to end whale hunting around the world and stop Japan if it tried to resume whaling in the Southern Ocean. Watson, a 74-year-old Canadian-American, returned to France on Friday ...