Following a conservation campaign from The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) and the Iruka & Kujira [Dolphin & Whale] Action Network (IKAN), Michinoku Farm, a Tokyo-based company, stopped selling their “low calorie, low fat, high protein” snack made from North Atlantic fin whales.
NOTE: Icelandic fin whale has been sold in Japan for human consumption since 2008, but its use in pet food suggests that new markets are being explored. Iceland is currently preparing to hunt more than 180 fin whales in 2013 for this export market.
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