-Contributed by Alison Bowen
Whale hunting is officially condemned by all Latin American nations with Nicaragua’s announcement last week that it is in favor of whale protection and conservation.
According to the Santiago Times,
protests from Argentina to Australia and Spain preceded the announcement last week, including protestors outside the Nicaraguan Embassy in Chile with gravestones shaped like whale fins reading “R.I.P.” President Daniel Ortega’s administration now publicly supports the Buenos Aires Declaration that condemns whale killing.
The International Whaling Commission will vote within the month on whether to continue a moratorium on commercial whale hunting.
Some governments allow “scientific whaling,” although many of the whales caught still end up on plates, the article reported.
Greenpeace now calls Latin America “the leader in whale conservation.”
Image- Lizasreef.com
Links- The Santiago Times
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