The global Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) society has revealed that it has found Minke whale steaks on sale commercially in Denmark during a recent undercover operation.

The whale meat, from Greenland, was discovered by a WDC on sale at a tourist shop in Copenhagen, thus putting Denmark in breach of European Union (EU) laws which ban EU Member States from the killing and commercial sale of whales. The sale of these whale products in Denmark also contravenes International Whaling Commission (IWC) regulations and those of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).