When I met the Prime Minister of Iceland in her office on Tuesday the most interesting thing that she said was that there would be a review of the sustainability of whaling in Iceland and that there would be no whaling until that review was completed. This review has been talked about for quite a…
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Bird Fair petition goes to Iceland
If you signed the petition at the Bird Fair asking the Icelandic Prime Minister, Katrín Jacobsdóttir, to do her best to end whaling in her country (see here and here) then your signature is now in her hands. I was lucky enough to be granted a 15-minute meeting with the Prime Minister yesterday afternoon. I…
Icelandic whaling – three short updates
I haven’t fogotten about Icelandic whaling. Here are three short updates: discussions are progressing about how best to deliver the Bird Fair petition to Iceland in the most sensitive yet effective way. I expect there to be some news next week on this. our petition has gained 30 signatures as Mark Carwardine rescued a petition…
Bird Fair asks Iceland’s Prime Minister to end whaling
I spent some, by no means all, of my time at the Bird Fair getting signatures, on bits of paper, to ask the Icelandic Prime Minister to bring an end to whaling in her country. I’m amazed by the total: we got… 1,320 signatures. Thank you to all who signed (and see some more acknowledgements…
Icelandic whaling petition at Bird Fair
At the Bird Fair this weekend there will be a petition, on bits of paper for a change, asking the Icelandic Prime Minister, very politely, to do her best to end commercial whaling by her country. This is the wording of the petition: Dear Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland Each year the British Birdwatching…
And then there were six! (Letter on Icelandic whaling from tour operators)
The Travelling Naturalist and Wildlife Worldwide have added their names to the list of operators in support of the following letter: FOR THE ATTENTION OF MS KATRIN JAKOBSDOTTIR PRIME MINISTER OF ICELAND Dear Ms Jakobsdottir, We are all UK-based tour operators who bring parties of wildlife enthusiasts to your beautiful country. We have…
Four signatures so far (Icelandic whaling letter from tour operators)
The letter below was sent to eight travel companies asking them whether they would sign up. So far we have four signatures and two refusals (see below). I have no beef with the two companies, so far, who have said a polite ‘no’. All companies are different, they face different constraints and signing this letter…
A letter to the Icelandic Prime Minister from wildlife tour operators?
Following on from last week’s blogs about tour operators and Icelandic whaling (see here and here ) I have had some fruitful and positive interactions with several tour operators who take visitors to Iceland. I have to say that these have been entirely polite, apparently open and wholly constructive. As a result I have drafted…
IFAW press release – Minke whaling in Iceland has stopped
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Minke whaling in Iceland has stopped (London – 27 July, 2018) – Hunting of minke whales has ended in Iceland. Media sources reported today that cost and poor profits has made whaling no longer economically viable closing the local whaling industry. “This is very good news for minke whales and Iceland,” said Sigursteinn Masson, Iceland…
More on Iceland, whales and the Bird Fair
Please read to the bottom of this post. The recent comment from Linda about whaling, Iceland and holiday tours has really put some cats among some pigeons and generated some good comments from regular commenters here. I’ve had an invitation from one tour company to have a chat at the Bird Fair, a call from…