The administration is leading a push within the International Whaling
Commission to lift the ban on whaling against Japan, Norway and
Iceland, the three countries in the commission still hunting whales,
FOX News said.
three countries from exploiting loopholes in the current moratorium,
but environmentalists say they aren't buying it. "That moratorium on commercial whaling was the greatest conservation
victory of the 20th century," Patrick Ramage of the International Fund
for Animal Welfare said. "And in 2010 to be waving the white flag or bowing to the stubbornness
of the last three countries engaged in the practice is a
mind-numbingly dumb idea," he said.