Hvalur hf, the only company holding a valid whaling license in Iceland, had to put its plans on hold at a day’s notice in June, when Svandis Svavarsdottir, minister of food, fisheries and agriculture, instituted a temporary ban on the practice. The ban, based on veterinary officials’ conclusions that the killing of the animals took longer than allowed by animal welfare laws, was allowed to lapse on Thursday.
Hvalur’s two vessels were still docked in the harbor in Reykjavik waiting for favorable weather to set sail, when Anahita Babaei and another activist chained themselves to the masts on Monday.
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