Our Trustee Professor Liz Slooten is a member of the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission. The Scientific Committee has repeatedly criticised "Scientific" whaling and is becoming increasingly impatient with the poor scientific standards. The International Court of Justice has said it's not legal without much stronger oversight by the IWC Scientific Committee. Meanwhile, whaling continues while the argument remains gridlocked.
NZ slams Japan's latest whaling expedition as fleet leaves for Southern Ocean
nzherald.co.nz
Japan's latest whaling expedition into the Southern Ocean has again drawn heavy criticism.
Hi, I have this photo (and a few others) taken from our home on Gentle Annie Point (West Coast, South Island) - I believe it is of Hector's dolphins (left) and could it be bottlenose dolphins (right)?
Time to get those gillnets out of the water, in order to avoid the extinction of the Mexican vaquita porpoise!
Scientists Catch Rare Glimpses of the Endangered Vaquita
nytimes.com
An expedition in the Gulf of California yielded photographs and video of a species nearing extinction.
