Endangered Species Protection Agency

08/10/2026

Fantastic news! 🎉
Our latest production, ‘Harpooned – The Great Whale Betrayal’ has been officially selected for the 2026 Big Syn International Festival 🐋. We’re also incredibly proud that our film has been selected as part of a United Nations Sustainable Development Goals commitment at the world’s biggest sustainability film festival.

A huge milestone for the film and everyone involved 🎬



Big Syn International Film Festival, London

06/10/2026

Up close and personal with the Norwegian whaler Reinebuen, earlier this year.

ESPA’s 2026 hunt monitoring footage of the Norwegian whalers confirmed an instantaneous death rate of just 18.75%, challenging Norway’s claim of 82% (from 2011- 2012). We presented this independently reviewed evidence alongside the Environmental Investigation Agency () at a dedicated side event: Animal Welfare in Norwegian Whaling, during the International Whaling Commission’s 70th meeting held in Hobart, Tasmania, last week.

We're incredibly grateful to have been there, sharing this important space with others who share the same passion for protecting whales. It was encouraging to see others working towards the same goal to end whaling in Norway 🇳🇴

There is still work to do, but together we can secure a future without whaling 🐋

02/10/2026

Massively disappointed to witness this result 🐋

The 70th International Whaling Commission (IWC70) meeting concluded today (2 October) in Hobart, Australia with progress in many areas but disappointment for efforts to establish a South Atlantic whale sanctuary.

Afterwards, EIA Senior Ocean Adviser Clare Perry said: “The world is a very different place from when the IWC was first established 80 years ago. Whales and other cetaceans are facing countless threats from the interconnected global emergencies of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution.

“The moratorium on commercial whaling and the IWC’s conservation work are needed more than ever before but both are under threat.”

28/09/2026

🚨Don’t look away 🚨

Support ESPA today to expose Norway’s whaling industry and help us end it for good. Every donation brings us closer to ending this brutal practice once and for all. 🐋

Donate here: https://www.speciesprotection.com/make-a-donation/

17/09/2026

Sign the petition 🐋: https://www.change.org/

07/09/2026

🐋 40 years ago, the world agreed to protect whales. It’s time to finish the job.

Commercial whaling has no place in our future. Whales are vital to healthy oceans, biodiversity and our planet. They deserve lasting protection.

We’re calling on Norway, Japan and Iceland to end commercial whaling once and for all, and on all IWC contracting governments to support a permanent end to commercial whaling at the IWC meeting this September.

🌊 Add your name to the growing call to protect whales.

✍️ Sign the petition via the link in our bio, or copy and paste the link below into your browser.

https://endcommercialwhaling.org

Environmental Investigation Agency

01/09/2026

Great result👏

27/08/2026

You can help: Please sign the petition to end commercial whaling - https://endcommercialwhaling.org 🐋