In December 2024, the government of Iceland announced it would permit Hvalur Hr and Tjaldtanga to hunt over 400 whales (209 fin whales and 217 minke whales respectively) each season for the next five years.
This is devastating news.
These sentient, intelligent mammals are vital to our marine ecosystems, but will be hunted and put through agonising deaths. Fin whales are classified as vulnerable to global extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Although Hvalur hr has said there will be no fin whale hunt in 2025 it could happen next year.
It’s time to end these brutal hunts.
Please urge the Icelandic government to act and ban whale hunting for good.
