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- Iceland announced a suspension of its 2026 whale hunt until the end of August over animal-welfare concerns.
- A protester chained himself to the mast of the whaling vessel Hval 9 as it left Reykjavík.
- The government said it will table a bill to ban commercial whaling within months.
- Animal-rights groups called the planned kill of 128 fin whales inhumane despite the 1986 International Whaling Commission ban on commercial whaling.
