Immediate calls to end commercial whaling as genetic testing confirms whale harpooned in Iceland was rare hybrid

Conservationists are calling for an immediate end to commercial whaling in Iceland after genetic testing revealed a whale harpooned in Icelandic waters earlier this month was a rare blue/fin whale hybrid. International outcry ensued after it was revealed that on July 7, whalers working for Hvalur hf the only Icelandic company involved in fin whaling, under CEO Kristjan Loftsson’s, had killed a whale which photographic evidence strongly suggested was either a blue whale or a rare blue/fin whale hybrid.  In early June, Loftsson announced his company’s intention to resume the…

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