WWF has expressed extreme disappointment at the tactics used by Japan and its allies at the 56th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC), which led to the failure to create a South Pacific whale sanctuary.
It is the third time that this proposal has failed to get the three-quarter majority vote needed for the sanctuary, which would cover around 26 million square kilometres of the Pacific, south of the equator.
"The wishes of the region have been ignored," said Chris Howe, Conservation Director at WWF-New Zealand. "This sanctuary would have provided enormous benefits to both whales and people in the Pacific but once again it was blocked by countries taking orders from Tokyo."
Original Article: Pacific nations denied whale sanctuary
