Islanda pregătește interzicerea vânătorii de balene

Iceland's government plans to introduce a bill in February to permanently ban whaling, leaving Norway and Japan as the only countries still practicing commercial whaling. The proposed legislation follows years of protests from animal rights organizations and celebrities. In the current hunting season, 80 fin whales have been captured, with a quota allowing for 150. The fin whale is considered vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Iceland, Norway, and Japan are the last countries to continue commercial whaling, with Norway resuming in 1993 and Iceland in 2006. Japan withdrew from the International Whaling Commission in 2019 and resumed whaling in its territorial waters.