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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Washington, DC—Secretary of Interior Sally Jewell issued a formal declaration that Iceland is undermining the effectiveness of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna ...

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 ...

Animal conservationists still haven’t pinned the cause on mass whale beachings; nevertheless, they transpire around the globe at an alarming rate. The latest occurrence involved dozens of stranded ...

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(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 ...

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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 government two weeks ago ended ...

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 ...

Iceland’s system on residues and contaminants is good but the time between sampling and test results could be improved, according to an audit by the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). The EFTA ...