Iceland's Last Whaling Company Shrugs Off Threat Of Permanent Ban

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen

COPENHAGEN, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Iceland’s last remaining active whaling company said it believed it could survive a renewed push to ban the practice, given that previous attempts to outlaw whale hunting had repeatedly failed.

The government said last week it would submit a bill in February that could permanently ban whaling, a move that would end the industry in one of only three countries, alongside Norway and Japan, that still allow commercialwhale hunts.

“Over recent decades, bills to ban whaling have been discussed in parliament a few times, but every time