A whale of a protest.Greenpeace activists drop a dead fin whale fin whale or finback whale or razorback whale or common rorqual Swift, slender-bodied baleen whale (Balaenoptera physalus) named for the ridge on its back. in front of the Japanese embassy in Berlin. Though the International Whaling Commission International Whaling Commission (IWC) An intergovernmental organization created in 1946 to control the rapid escalation of whaling. The original purpose of the IWC was to preserve whale stocks for commercial whalers. banned commercial whaling in 1986, the Fisheries Agency of Japan has continued to kill the creatures for socalled scientific purposes. Last fall, it announced its intention to slaughter about 1,000 whales, including endangered fin and humpback whales humpback whale Long-finned baleen whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). They live along all major ocean coasts, sometimes swimming close inshore or even into harbours and up rivers. Humpbacks grow to 40–52 ft (12–16 m) long. . For more information, go to www.greenpeace.org/international. |
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