Whaling Action at IWC Conference in Germany

A Greenpeace banner reading: 'IWC: Act Now!' with Berlin's Television Tower and an inflatable whale. Greenpeace activists scale Berlin's 365 m Television Tower in Alexanderplatz and suspend a large inflatable whale from the tower's point with a banner reading "IWC: Act Now!". Greenpeace is calling on delegates at the International Whaling commission (IWC) meeting in Berlin to protect the 300,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises that die every year from environmental threats like entanglement in fishing nets, noise pollution, toxic contamination and ship strikes, as well as commercial hunting.

In original language:

Aktion am Schluss der IWC

Von der Kuppel des 365 Meter hohen Fernsehturms am Alexanderplatz hissen Greenpeace-Aktivisten einen 15m langen aufblasbaren Wal (Floh) an einem Stahlseil. Mit dem Banner "IWC:Act Now!" ruft Greenpeace die Delegierten der Internationalen Walfangkommision (IWC) auf, endlich konkrete Massnahmen zum Schutz der uber 300.000 Wale zu beschliessen, die jedes Jahr in den Weltmeeren umkommen.

Unique identifier: GP04HB4

Type: Image

Shoot date: 19/06/2003

Locations: Alpine Countries, Berlin, Europe, Germany

Credit line: © Paul Langrock / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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Whaling Action at IWC Conference in Germany

Protests during the International Whaling Commission (IWC) held in Berlin on the 16th to the 19th of June 2003. Greenpeace is calling on delegates at the International Whaling commission (IWC) meeting in Berlin to protect the 300,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises that die every year from environmental threats like entanglement in fishing nets, noise pollution, toxic contamination and ship strikes, as well as commercial hunting.

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