Whales and Marines Mammals

“On the Trail” n°42
Quarterly information and analysis report on endangered animals poaching and smuggling
(pdf, 177 pages – 5.4 Mo)

1,062 events with references, checked, analysed, commented and strengthened
between September 1 and October 31, 2023.
215 iconographic documents, 7 maps and historical archives.
880 sources.

69th IWC – Press release n°3

– The resolution on the contribution of whales to food security stranded behind the scenes and did not make it to the debating table. Despite Japanese and Norwegian propaganda, more and more members of the human species are refusing to include whale meat in their diet (1).

– At the initiative of the European Union, the resolution recalling the obligation set under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to cooperate with a view to the conservation of marine mammals and work through the appropriate international organizations was accepted by 37 votes in favour, 12 against and 8 abstentions. Iceland, Norway and Japan, which openly hunt whales for commercial purposes in violation of the moratorium, are signatories to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

69th IWC – Press release n°2

The Euphausia superba, Antarctica’s superb little crustacean, a pillar of the South Pole ecosystem and a staple food for whales, penguins, seals, petrels and other seabirds, is in danger. It may join the dodos, the American migratory pigeons and the great auks of the North Atlantic, deemed to be innumerable and now extinct because of human voracity and short-sightedness.

69th IWC – Press release n°1

The 69th plenary meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) will be held in Lima, Peru, from 23 to 27 September 2024.

A draft resolution on “food security” is submitted for approval to the 88 member countries of the IWC by the Republic of Guinea, with the support of Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, the Republic of Congo, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Cambodia. This project “reaffirms its support for the sustainable use of marine living resources, including whales”.

“On the Trail” n°41
the defaunation bulletin
(pdf, 230 pages – 7.9 Mo)

1,438 events with references, checked, analysed, commented and strengthened
between June 1 and August 31, 2023.
304 iconographic documents, 11 maps and historical archives.

Only in French.

This is the hard life of cetaceans

France
The public is being consulted until June 18, 2024 on a draft decree concerning new management methods for dolphins born in jail and sentenced to life imprisonment. This decree is a model of hypocrisy. It is supposed to ban cetacean shows from December 1, 2026. In conjunction with the Ministry of Ecology, Marineland in Antibes (Alpes-Maritimes, Southern France) and Planète Sauvage in Port-Saint-Père (Loire-Atlantique, Western France) have found a workaround. They will be able to carry out scientific experiments in the containment pools. This animal experimentation and “medical” training will be open to the public for a fee.

“On the Trail” n°40
the defaunation bulletin
(pdf, 261 pages – 8.2 Mb)

1,532 events with references, checked, analysed, commented and strengthened
between March 1 and May 31, 2023.
376 iconographic documents, 
10 maps and historical archives.

“On the Trail” n°39
the defaunation bulletin
(pdf, 192 pages – 6.7 Mo)

968 events with references, checked, analysed, commented and strengthened between January 1 and February 28, 2023. 331 iconographic documents, 6 maps and historical archives.

“On the Trail” n°38,
the defaunation bulletin
1584 events with references, checked, analysed, commented and strengthened between October 1 and December 31, 2022
397 iconographic documents 12 maps and historical archives
(pdf, 256 pages – 8.9 Mo)