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Date: Thursday February 1, 2007 09:46:00 am
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    Iceland leaves slaughtered whales to rot
    Iceland slaughters 7 endangered fin whales, leaves half to rot
    Greenpeace
    has uncovered more than 170 tons of rotting whale meat in an Icelandic
    dump site, just months after Iceland reopened commercial whaling and
    killed seven endangered fin whales.


    Another 200 tons of whale meat still remains in cold storage, unsold in
    the marketplace, and awaiting testing for chemical
    contamination.“Iceland claims their commercial whaling is sustainable –
    but how can they justify it when they are hunting endangered species,
    without domestic demand, and an over-supply of whale products in
    Japan?” said Greenpeace Nordic Oceans campaigner, Frode Pleym. “Both
    Iceland and Japan continue to whale in the face of domestic and
    international opposition, even though there is no scientific, economic
    or environmental justification for it,” added Pleym.Even as these
    shocking discoveries have been revealed, the Japanese whaling fleet is
    hunting 935 minke whales and 10 more endangered fin whales in the
    Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary near Antarctica. In Japan too,
    stockpiles of up to 5,000 tons from previous hunts sit in cold storage,
    unsold.“It is no surprise that there are massive stockpiles of whale
    meat, when a recent survey shows that 95 percent of Japanese people
    never or have rarely eaten whale meat. It is time for all governments
    to make a commitment to the whales and not an outdated, unwanted and
    pointless industry,” said Greenpeace Japan’s campaign director, Junichi
    Sato.On Thursday, the crew of the Greenpeace ship Esperanza will sail
    to the Southern Ocean, in order to put themselves between the harpoons
    and the whales.

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