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Time to Stop Killing Whales
The 1970s saw the beginning of the global anti-whaling movement and the International Whaling Commission was bombarded by protests against the killing of whales,Stop Whaling and Save the Whales were frequent slogans on banners and Anti Whaling T-shirts.In 1972 the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment at Stockholm adopted a proposal that recommended a ten year moratorium on commercial whaling to allow whale stocks to recover.The reports of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in 1977 and 1981 identified many species of whales as being in danger of extinction.Finally,the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea,completed in 1982,said that,"member states shall cooperate with a view to the conservation of marine mammals and in the case of whales shall in particular work through the appropriate international organizations for the conservation,management and study." A number of non whaling and anti whaling states joined the Convention and eventually gained a majority over a dwindling number of pro whaling nations.Nations like the United States,previously considered major whaling forces,became strong proponents of the anti whaling cause.The new conservation minded states began to advocate greater restrictions on the killing of whales after scientific studies proved the advanced intellectual capacity of whales.These nations,along with the global community,called for the International Whaling Commission to reform its whaling policies to save the whale and stop whaling.