The ban stays! Pro-whaling advocates loose their fight to legalize commercial whaling
Pro-whaling supporters were dealt a bitter blow today when it was revealed that the International Whaling Commission (IWC) have failed to reach consensus in Morocco on a deal to legitimize commercial whaling, thus signaling a significant victory for organizations like the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS), who have campaigned long and hard to keep the 24 year ban in place. Pro-whaling advocates decided that it was too risky to push their proposal to a vote and suffer the humiliation of it being publicly rejected, after it became increasingly clear that the majority of nations