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Whaling and whale killing methods

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

CL Bass  and
P Brakes
CL Bass
Affiliation:
World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), 222 Grays Inn Rd, London WC1X 8HB, UK
P Brakes
Affiliation:
Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC), Brookfield House, 38 St Paul Street, Chippenham, Wiltshire SW15 1LJ, UK
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Subsistence whale hunting dates back to 400AD (Perrin et al 2009). Large-scale industrialised whaling to provide whale oil commenced in the late nineteenth century. Hunts escalated in the early 20th century and reports to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) show that over two million great whales were killed in hunts in the Southern Ocean between 1925 and 1985 and that unreported ‘pirate’ whaling was also widespread (Clapham & Ivashenko 2009). In 1982, as several whale species neared extinction, the IWC agreed an international moratorium on commercial whaling, which took effect in 1986.

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animal welfareharpoonIWCkilling methodwhalewhaling

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Animal Welfare , Volume 22 , Issue 1: Including selected abstracts from the WSPA/Defra Whale Welfare and Ethics Workshop, March 2011 , February 2013 , pp. 109 - 111
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© 2013 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

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