Greenland Whale Hunt 'Commercial'
By Wendy Heller, June 17, 2008 @ 02:00 AM (EST)
Source: Bbc.co.uk
Animal welfare campaigners say Greenland's whaling, held under rules permitting subsistence hunting, has become too commercial in character.
The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) found that a quarter of last year's catch was traded for profit through a private food company.
International Whaling Commission (IWC) rules allow hunting where there is a nutritional and cultural need.
The IWC annual meeting gets underway next week in Santiago, Chile.
WSPA campaigners are presenting their report this week to a preliminary meeting of the organisation's committee on aboriginal (or subsistence) whaling...
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