BBC News | In pictures: Across the whaling wall, Andy Ottaway

Andy Ottaway

Campaigns Director, Campaign Whale

A deal wouldn't address the tens of thousands of dolphins and porpoises that are being slaughtered each year in Japanese waters.

They've slaughtered about 350,000 porpoises since 1986 - that's two every hour for the 22 years of the commercial whaling ban. This extermination must be a priority for the IWC.


�In pictures:�Across the whaling wall

	Andy Ottaway Campaigns Director, Campaign Whale A deal wouldn't address the tens of thousands of dolphins and porpoises that are being slaughtered each year in Japanese waters. They've slaughtered about 350,000 porpoises since 1986 - that's two every hour for the 22 years of the commercial whaling ban. This extermination must be a priority for the IWC.