Iceland Rejoins IWC, Announces Resumption of Whaling
A day after squeaking back into official membership at the International Whaling Commission, Iceland has announced that it will resume whaling. Fisheries Minister Arni Mathiesen was quoted as saying, “We will only whale in accordance with solid scientific information, and to ensure sustainable development in the oceans surrounding us,” which I was going to doctor up into something more ludicrous-sounding, until I realized his original statement was already there.
