Iceland resumes fin whale hunting to dismay of animal welfare groups

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Public opinion in Iceland does not indicate mass support for renewed hunting of endangered species using methods often described as exceptionally cruel.

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00:00 The Icelandic government has decided not to extend a temporary two-month long ban imposed

00:06 on whaling amid animal welfare concerns.

00:10 Svante Svava Dóttir, the Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries said the practice

00:15 can resume on Friday but with stricter conditions.

00:19 Animal protection charity Humane Society International has slammed the minister's "devastating and

00:24 inexplicable decision."

00:26 Iceland is one of three countries in the world that allows commercial whaling, along with

00:30 Norway and Japan.

00:31 (whooshing)

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