I'm so glad to read some good news for a change! It really does pay off to sign petitions and take a stand for what you believe in....
(Agadir, Morocco – 23 June 2010)The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) announced today that a controversial proposal to legalize whaling has failed at the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Agadir, Morocco. READ FULL ARTICLE 
1912 - Whalers on South Georgia, an island in the South Atlantic, stand on the beach alongside their catch.
Photo credit: Flickr Commons the National Archives.