Whales are doing well so it's time to scrap the body that once protected them, says former head

The International Whaling Commission has become a 'zombie' and should vote to disband itself, insists Peter Bridgewater Peter Bridgewater has a clear message for the International Whaling Commission (IWC) that he once led. The organisation - which played a critical role in ending whale hunting in the 1980s - has become a zombie institution that should vote to disband itself at its meeting next month. "The commission did great work, but that was last century," Bridgewater told the Observer last w...