Her ministry will now examine any proposals for possible improvements in hunting methods as well as the legal conditions for imposing further restrictions on hunting based on the Animal Welfare Act and the Whaling Act, and seek feedback.Īccording to a recent independent survey, only 29% of Icelanders still favoured whale hunts. “If the government and licence-holders cannot guarantee welfare requirements, this activity does not have a future.” “The conditions of the law on animal welfare are inescapable in my mind,” said Svavarsdóttir in her rapid response to the report. It found that 41% of whales targeted had not been killed outright, and could take up to two hours to die. The Icelandic Food & Veterinary Authority (MAST) commissioned an expert council, which on 19 June pronounced last year’s hunt to have been unlawful. In May an inspection report on whale welfare concluded that Hvalur’s methods of killing whales was too protracted to comply with legislation.
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