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A Tale Of Two Meetings
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, whaling, meeting, IWC, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 49 days ago - wdcs.org
Two important meetings are taking place this winter; both with significant implications for whales. Last month a small group of countries met behind closed doors to discuss the 'Future of the International Whaling Commission (IWC)'.
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Hint of Conservation Push Brightens Whaling Stalemate
Animals  (tags: animals, whales, whaling, IWC, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, conservation )

Cher
- 184 days ago - enn.com
The International Whaling Commission(IWC) may be shifting towards a more conservation-oriented role after this week backing an ambitious Australian plan for non-lethal whale research.
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IWC Whale Meeting Agrees Climate Change Fudge - Ducks Whaling Issues
Animals  (tags: animals, whales, IWC, climate change, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 185 days ago - tiny.cc
The International Whaling Commission adopted a major climate change resolution on the last day of its 61st meeting, although it failed to take decisions on contentious whaling issues after days of negotiations that have hampered its progress in recent
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Whale Chief Mulls Ending Hunt Ban
Animals  (tags: animals, whales, whaling, ban, IWC, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, killing, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 186 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The outgoing chair of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has suggested whale conservation could benefit from ending the commercial hunting ban.
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IWC 2009 DAY THREE
Animals  (tags: animals, whales, IWC, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 187 days ago - bornfree.org.uk
It became clear today that this 61st meeting of the IWC has only one substantive item on its agenda, Greenland's attempt to obtain the Commission's approval for killing humpback whales. Just before the afternoon session closed (it was running an hour
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Japan Closing in on Quota for Coastal Whaling
Animals  (tags: rome, marine wildlife, whales, japan, whaling, coastal whaling quota, iwc, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, slaughter, suffering, sadness, protection )

Jacquelin
- 291 days ago - canberratimes.com.au
AN INTERNATIONAL Whaling Commission special meeting has ended with no sign that Australia is advancing its demand for Japanese whalers to quit their Southern Ocean hunt. Instead, observers of the Rome meeting said yesterday the IWC appeared to be m
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Sea Shepherd Calls For the Resignation of William Hogarth
Animals  (tags: usa, marine wildlife, whales, whaling, William Hogarth, iwc, United States Commissioner to the IWC, sea shepherd, paul watson, resignation, obama, endangered, extinction, slaughter, suffering, sadness, protection, humans, habitat, AnimalCruelty )

Jacquelin
- 293 days ago - seashepherd.org
By Captain Paul Watson William Hogarth appears to be the Neville Chamberlain of Cetacean Conservation. In order to save the whales he wants to let Japan kill them. This week, member nations of the International Whaling Commission are meeting in Rome
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Whaling Commission Chairman Warns of Collapse If No Compromise
Animals  (tags: rome.arine wildlife, whales, whaling, iwc, on the brink of collapse, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, slaughter, suffering, sadness, protection )

Jacquelin
- 294 days ago - abc.net.au
There are fears that the body that oversees the protection of the world's whale stocks is on the brink of collapse. As members of the International Whaling Commission gather in Rome for a key meeting they're being told that divisions within the Commiss
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Australia Committed to End Whaling: Garrett
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Jacquelin
- 295 days ago - smh.com.au
Australia is pressing ahead with moves to reform the International Whaling Commission with Environment Minister Peter Garrett warning that only changes advancing the end of whaling will be supported. Mr Garrett said key discussions on the future of co
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Anti-Whaling Groups Unite Against Plan to Undermine International Ban on Commercial Whaling
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Jacquelin
- 295 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Twenty-six non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from around the world have united to issue a call to governments asking them to oppose a deal that could signal the end of the international moratorium on commercial whaling. The Small Working Group (SWG) o
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Bridget Vercoe: Relocating the Cruelty Won't Save the Whales
Animals  (tags: japan, new zealand, iwc, whales, whaling, slaughter, suffering, sadness, protection, endangered, extinction, humans, animalcruelty )

Jacquelin
- 299 days ago - nzherald.co.nz
Since its formation at last year's International Whaling Commission meeting, the small working group on the future of the IWC, of which New Zealand is a member, has held a number of closed-door meetings. In an attempt to find a solution to the polarise
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Sign Petition: Urge Obama to Stop Plan to Slaughter Whales
Animals  (tags: whaling, japan, obama, iwc, animals, endangered, suffering, cruelty, extinction, whales, ocean )

Tom
- 314 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Bush appointee William Hogarth, chair of the International Whaling Commission, has proposed a plan to lift the international moratorium on Japanese whale hunting. Urge President Obama to instruct Hogarth that the U.S. does not condone whaling.
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Whaling Commission Meetings Could Be Halted
Animals  (tags: japan, marine wildlife, whales, whaling, iwc, whaling commision, endangered, extinction, slaughter, suffering, sadness, protection )

Jacquelin
- 342 days ago - sciam.com
TOKYO (Reuters) - The international body that oversees whaling faces a critical year and could stop meeting if a bid to bridge the gulf between pro- and anti-whaling nations fails, a senior Japanese fisheries official said Tuesday. Member nations of th
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Winning Votes for Whales
Animals  (tags: dominican republic, marine wildlife, whales, whaling, iwc, vote, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, slaughter, suffering, sadness, protection )

Jacquelin
- 376 days ago - hsus.org
Whales need all the protection we can give them.© NOAA The Dominican Republic may be able to vote at the next meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), set to take place on the island of Madeira (which belongs to Portugal) in June 20
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IWC Intersessional Meeting Happening
Animals  (tags: oceans, marine wildlife, whales, whaling, iwc, endangered, slaughter, sadness, suffering, extinction, humans )

Jacquelin
- 376 days ago - hsus.org
An important meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), the international body responsible for the conservation and management of the world's whales, is taking place in Cambridge. The meeting, at the University Arms Hotel on Parkers Piece
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