Iceland will not be hunting fin whales this summer, following a decision by Hvalur hf., the only company in the country ...

Fin whales, the second-largest mammal on earth, are hunted in Iceland, and much of the meat is exported to Japan. Image by Aqqa Rosing-Asvid via Flickr, CC BY 2.0.

Whale hunting is a controversial practice that is still legal in Iceland (Boris Niehaus/Hard to Port ) British activist Elyssia Phillips and her Iranian friend Anahita Babaei face potential jail ...

British activist facing jail in Iceland after protesting against whale hunting Brit Elyssia Phillips and her close friend Anahita Babaei remained on top of a whaling boat mast for 33 hours Holly Evans ...

Elyssia Phillips, a British woman from Lewes, and her close friend Anahita Babaei, who is Iranian, had been campaigning against the controversial practice of killing endangered fin whales.

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Heroic Rescue of 60 Whales About To Be Beached in Northern Iceland Has People Cheering originally appeared on PetHelpful. In ...

"The low water level prevented them from swimming back to the ocean and they were at risk of dying quickly," noted the poster ...

According to local media, the whales were likely chasing mackerel, fish that have migrated north due to warming seas.