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Brutal Hunt That Has Already Killed Thousands of Porpoises in Japan Resumes Again Today

By EcoWatch / November 1, 2018

Otsuchi, in northern Japan, is the focal point of the hand harpoon hunt which has claimed up to 15,000 Dall’s porpoises in previous years. In the most recent hunting seasons for which information is available, Japan allocated itself a quota of 13,493 Dall’s porpoises in 2013/14, 12,928 in 2014/15 and 12,364 in 2015/16. The catch, […]

Japan Aims to Overthrow 32-Year-Old Global Whaling Ban

By EcoWatch / September 10, 2018

Iceland Flouts Global Ban to Slaughter First Protected Fin Whale of New Hunting Season

By EcoWatch / June 22, 2018

Threatened Big Cats in the Spotlight for World Wildlife Day

By EcoWatch / February 28, 2018

World’s Last Remaining Tigers Live Under Severe Threat of Extinction

By EcoWatch / July 14, 2017

200 Farms in China Breed Tigers for Slaughter for Body Parts, Luxury Goods

By Dan Zukowski / September 27, 2016

In legal tiger farms across China, some 6,000 caged cats are kept in filthy conditions and will be killed for dubious medicinal uses and as home decor for the country’s newly-rich elite. The sordid business is mostly legal, but hides behind carefully-worded agreements and pretensions of conservation. The issue is expected to be addressed at […]