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WHALE FOR SALE THE GLOBAL TRADE IN DEAD WHALESMyklebust Havalprodukter AS, the main retailer in Norwegian minke whale meat, specificallyadvertises the use of whale meat as dog food (“hundemat”). Norwegian pet food company Vom &Hundemat has been known to use whale meat as an ingredient in their dog foods and Norwegianmusher Nina Skramstad recommends Vom & Hundemats wet food with whale meat as a summer dietfor sled dogs. 14© Michael J. TetleyPeruSmall cetaceans are protected from exploitation in Peru by national law. However, lack of enforcementof the ban on hunting, means that more than 2,000 dolphins are deliberately killed annually for humanconsumption and a further 5,000-15,000 are killed for use as shark bait. 1 Burmeister’s porpoise,dusky dolphins, long-beaked common dolphins and bottlenose dolphins are hunted using purseseine, gill nets, or hand-held harpoons. There are serious welfare concerns surrounding the hunts,not least related to the live landings of small cetaceans on shark fishing boats at sea for use as bait.Stringent monitoring and enforcement is required to prevent this unsustainable hunt. 2{ 31 }