Hundreds of whales to be harpooned as Iceland issues new hunting licenses

Hundreds of whales to be harpooned as Iceland issues new hunting licenses

On Dec. 6, Iceland‘s caretaker government announced it had issued five-year licenses to hunt fin and minke whales in Icelandic waters. It granted the fin whale hunting license to Hvalur hf., the country’s only remaining fin-whaling company, run by billionaire Kristján Loftsson, and the minke-hunting permit to a ship owned by Tjaldtangi ehf., a whaling […]

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