Reykjavik, Iceland —
Greenpeace has condemned the killing of an endangered Fin whale in Iceland as "a senseless waste". Following the resumption of commercial whaling in Iceland last week, the
one-man whaling campaign harpooned its first whale this morning.
"There is no economic or scientific justification for commercial whaling. The fact that the first kill was an endangered whale makes a nonsense of claims that the hunt is sustainable," said Greenpeace campaigner John Frizell. "Iceland has no market for whale meat internationally and almost none domestically. This hunt is no more than pointless posturing, which achieves nothing except the further depletion of an endangered species," added Frizell.
In addition to the Iceland hunt, next month the Japanese whaling fleet will sail to Southern Ocean, with plans to kill nearly 1,000 whales - including endangered Fin whales.
