Follow-up Re: [MARINE_BIOLOGY_INTERNATIONAL] Amazon selling whale meat products

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 | By Science
 

As indicated I approached Amazon's Executive Team and provided them with a copy of The Mirror article below. They have just emailed me the response below. So perhaps the statement in The Mirror is incorrect. If you are aware of Amazon selling such and can point me in the right direction, e.g. a link or other, I will go back to Amazon to inquire further. - I did a quick search myself and could not find any of these items on Amazon. - Unless we get contrary information I am pleased to hear that Amazon is NOT selling the mentioned whale meat products.


From Amazon:

"The items you referenced are not available for sale. Thank you for contacting us."







On Feb 20, 2012, at 9:22 PM, MalcolmB wrote:

 

(The Mirror, UK)

Whale meat on sale on Amazon despite worldwide ban
Animal rights groups found 147 illegal items advertised including whale curry, whale bacon, whale stew and tinned whale hamburge

Sickener: Whale burgersAmazon
Banned whale meat products are being sold openly through Amazon's online Marketplace.

Animal rights groups found 147 illegal items advertised including whale curry, whale bacon, whale stew and tinned whale hamburger.

Clare Perry, of the Environmental Investigation Agency, said: "By allowing vendors to sell whale products it is effectively helping to prop up a trade that should have been consigned to the history books."

An international moratorium on whaling has been in place since 1982.

Japanese vessels still track whales for scientific research purposes – but campaigners claim this is a cover for whaling.

Investigators found one company selling minke whale meat from Iceland, which opposes the ban.

The EIA and Humane Society International, which jointly carried out the probe, is calling for the public to petition Amazon to stop whale products being sold.

Director Mark Jones said: "The creatures slaughtered to produce the food products being sold on Amazon Marketplace will have endured a bloody and painful death."

Amazon Marketplace sellers pay a monthly fee and 10% commission on sales.

No one from Amazon was available for comment last night.


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