TOKYO – Today the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) and the Iruka & Kujira [Dolphin & Whale] Action Network (IKAN) expressed dismay at the sale of Icelandic fin whale meat dog treats in Japan. Although the use of Japanese-caught whale and dolphin meat in pet food in […]
More than 180 endangered whales are expected to be slaughtered in the country this year WASHINGTON, D.C. – A coalition of international animal welfare and conservation groups is calling on the Obama Administration to impose economic sanctions against Iceland after Iceland´s whaling company Hvalur hf announced it will hunt and sell the meat of up […]
EIA and Humane Society International researchers were shocked to discover ads promoting the sale of elephant ivory and whale products on internet giant Google and Amazon.com websites. Both Google, the world’s largest search engine, and Amazon.com, the world’s largest online retailer, have laudable policies against the sale of products from these endangered and threatened species, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a non profit group based in Washington, DC and London, UK wrote to Google CEO Larry Page on February 22nd requesting immediate removal of over 1,400 ads that promote whale products and as many as 10,000 ads that promote elephant ivory products on Google Japan’s Shopping site. […]
Internet Giant Urged To Ban All Sales of Whale and Dolphin Products WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hundreds of whale products for sale on the Japanese website of Internet search engine company Yahoo! show how the California-based company profits from the venture, according to a new report released today. “Killing for Commerce,” released by the Environmental Investigation […]
Although Yahoo! has banned cetacean and other endangered wildlife products from all its websites except for Japan, there is no evidence it has made any significant effort to persuade its Japanese subsidiary to end these sales, which are derived from endangered and internationally protected species. To download the report, click here.