Iceland has allowed its only remaining whaling company to continue hunting this season despite criticism from animal rights campaigners. The Nordic country issued a new whaling permit to Hvalur hf, ...

Pet owners were forced to leave their animals behind when Icelandic residents evacuated a coastal town after a nearby volcano began showing signs of an impending eruption. Hundreds of earthquakes were ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) welcomes Iceland’s decision Monday to stop fin whale hunting until August 31, 2023. Svandís Svavarsdóttir, Iceland’s minister of food, agriculture and ...

(Bloomberg) -- Iceland will resume the hunting of fin whales after the island’s government decided against extending a ban imposed in June. The government agreed to let the temporary ban expire on ...

LONDON (AP) — Commercial hunting of fin whales can resume in Iceland but with stricter requirements on hunting methods and increased supervision, the North Atlantic island nation’s government said ...

Washington, DC—Iceland will again allow fin whaling, beginning Sept. 1, but with stricter requirements, the country’s minister of food, agriculture and fisheries announced today. Minister Svandis ...

Citing animal welfare concerns, Iceland has suspended its whale hunting season until Aug. 31. This decision follows the release of a government-commissioned independent report that found that many ...

COPENHAGEN, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Iceland has suspended the operations of one of its two whaling vessels for taking too long to kill a fin whale, the authorities and the boat's owner said on Friday. The ...

Iceland has decided to suspend this year’s whale hunting until the end of August over animal welfare concerns, in a move that experts predict could most likely end the controversial practice for good.

Iceland's government said Tuesday it was suspending this year's whale hunt until the end of August due to animal welfare concerns, likely bringing the controversial practice to a historic end. The ...