The last guardian coming to pc1/22/2024 ![]() ![]() A new bill is being debated in the Icelandic parliament that would ban the practice.Īmong those pushing for a full ban is Valgerður Árnadóttir, a longtime activist and spokesperson with anti-whaling organisation Hvalavinir. Hvalur was inherited by a man named Kristján Loftsson, 80, who rarely speaks to the international media, but this month he invited the Guardian’s chief reporter, Daniel Boffey, to visit.Īs Boffey tells Nosheen Iqbal, Loftsson is in effect Iceland’s last whaler, and with his five-year permit expiring in the coming weeks, he could have killed his last whale. ![]() In the face of protests from environmentalists, political pressure and a near universal global consensus, whale hunting is still legal in Iceland, where it is carried out by a single company. ![]()
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