Humane Society International Australia BRUSSELS (20 th June 2023)―As news breaks that Iceland has cancelled this season's commercial whaling on animal welfare grounds, global animal protection charity Humane Society International says it is thrilled and relieved at the announcement that will spare hundreds of whales from agonising deaths and urges the Icelandic government to make it a permanent ban. Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Svandís Svavarsdóttir, announced that Iceland's whaling vessels will not kill any whales this season due to the conclusion that "the fishing method used when hunting large whales does not comply with the law on animal welfare.

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