WDC has revealed evidence
from its recent undercover operation in Denmark which clearly shows whale meat
from Greenland on sale commercially in Denmark.
A WDC team found the minke whale steaks and blubber
openly available to buy at a tourist shop in the Danish capital, Copenhagen,
thus putting Denmark in breach of European Union (EU) laws which ban EU Member
States from the killing and commercial sale of whales.
Ironically, the revelations by WDC also come just as Greenland has threatened to impose its own quotas regarding the number of whales that it will hunt for ‘local nutritional needs’ in 2013.
The sale of these whale products in Denmark also contravenes International Whaling Commission (IWC – the body that regulates whaling) regulations, and also those of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
Earlier in the year, a separate undercover investigation by WDC revealed that Greenland (a Danish overseas territory) had been actively undermining the IWC ban on commercial whaling by selling whale meat to tourists visiting Greenland from whales that are allowed to be killed only for the nutritional needs of local aboriginal people.
This latest undercover operation by WDC in Denmark itself clearly shows that this form of illegal commercial whaling has now extended into mainland Europe and makes a mockery of Greenland’s requests to hunt more whales to feed native Greenlanders……2012-12-10
Ironically, the revelations by WDC also come just as Greenland has threatened to impose its own quotas regarding the number of whales that it will hunt for ‘local nutritional needs’ in 2013.
The sale of these whale products in Denmark also contravenes International Whaling Commission (IWC – the body that regulates whaling) regulations, and also those of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
Earlier in the year, a separate undercover investigation by WDC revealed that Greenland (a Danish overseas territory) had been actively undermining the IWC ban on commercial whaling by selling whale meat to tourists visiting Greenland from whales that are allowed to be killed only for the nutritional needs of local aboriginal people.
This latest undercover operation by WDC in Denmark itself clearly shows that this form of illegal commercial whaling has now extended into mainland Europe and makes a mockery of Greenland’s requests to hunt more whales to feed native Greenlanders……2012-12-10
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