Ban all whale hunting, says Tutu
2008-11-28 08:02
Wendell Roelf
Cape Town - Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu
launched a new global anti-whaling campaign on Thursday, which
seeks to ban all whaling.
"What makes it even worse is the brutality (of whale
hunting)," said Tutu, a Nobel peace laureate, at the launch.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), which
backs the campaign, says whales are usually hunted with
grenade-tipped harpoons that explode inside the animal.
The world imposed a moratorium on all whale hunts in 1986
after many species were driven towards extinction by decades of
exploitation for meat, oil and whalebone.
Japan, Norway and Iceland still hunt minke whales, arguing
they are plentiful.
The campaign has other high profile supporters including
British actor Pierce Brosnan.
- Reuters