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Our campaign

Our campaign is urgent!

The ban on commercial whaling is one of the greatest conservation victories of all time. Before it came into effect in 1986, whaling had brought entire species to the brink of extinction. Today, shocking developments are threatening its existence.

Many governments represented at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) are poised to vote for a deal that will allow Japan to slaughter whales legally in its coastal waters in return for reductions in its so called ‘scientific’ whaling in Antarctica. This coastal whaling deal would not only mark the end of the ban on commercial whaling, but offers no guarantee of stopping ‘scientific’ whaling, and it does nothing to stop Norway and Iceland’s expanding hunts.

Meanwhile, South Korea has announced that it is ready to start whaling too and is looking to the IWC to tell it how many whales it can kill.

We can only stop whaling with your help.

We rely almost entirely on the generosity of individuals like you to enable us to continue our vital work to keep the ban in place. Your donation will help us to:

  • Lobby the US Government to reassert its leadership role in the conservation of whales. We have already met White House advisors and they want WDCS’s advice
  • Persuade the other governments which are members of the IWC to oppose the deal that would spell the end of the commercial whaling ban.
  • Continue to investigate and expose the use of whale products in goods such as pet foods, and growing levels of international trade.
  • Continue to raise awareness about the cruelty inflicted on these intelligent mammals.

We campaign to stop commercial whaling at every level

We campaign in international meetings; in the press; through public protests and by encouraging governments to take stronger actions against whaling nations.

  • We use our scientific and legal expertise to influence votes at international meetings where decisions about whaling and trade are made.
  • We help smaller conservation groups around the world to mobilise their governments’ opposition to whaling.
  • We lead international coalitions of conservation groups, to create a powerful force against whaling.
  • We research where whales are hunted and how; what whalers are doing with the products; who is selling them and the impacts on the animals.
  • We counter publicly the misleading arguments made in favour of whaling.
  • Whaling cannot be viewed in isolation of the other threats facing whales, such as ship-strikes, climate change, entanglement in fishing nets and more. We press for better protection for whales from all the threats they face.