1973 iucn yearbook

among Board members that commercial whaling appeared no longer
essential for the satisfaction of human needs; indeed a resource belonging
to all was being used to provide marginal benefit to relatively few.
Also, present methods of killing were considered to be inhumane when
directed against mammals such as whales which were believed to possess
a high order of intelligence and sensitivity. Accordingly the Board confirmed
the policy inherent in the General Assembly resolutions. It proposed
that IUCN contribute to research on whales and arrangements
were made for a meeting to be held early in 1974 to discuss priorities in
whale research and to examine specific projects.
Work continued on the proposed publication on small whale fisheries
which will be published in 1974.
Wolves
A series of visits in Europe was made by Douglas H. Pimlott, Chairman
of the Wolf Specialist Group, to confer with local agencies and scientists
concerned with wolves. This was part of a campaign to improve the
public image of the wolf in Europe and to develop an understanding of
the wolf among scientists and wildlife managers, carried out in collaboration
with WWF National Appeals.
This activity culminated in a meeting on the conservation of the
wolf in Europe held in conjunction with the 11th Congress of the International
Union of Game Biologists at Stockholm, Sweden, on 5-6 September.
Technical submissions were made by representatives of Canada,
Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Poland, Spain, USA, USSR, Yugoslavia
and Fenno-Scandia. A Manifesto embodying a Declaration of
Principles and a set of Conservation Recommendations were drawn up
by the meeting and subsequently ratified by the Commission and the
Executive Board. The texts have been published in IUCN Bulletin,
Volume 5, No. 5.
Tigers
WWF has embarked on a major fund-raising campaign concerned with
conservation of the tiger, principally to support work in India where
the Government has pledged major counterpart funding, but covering
work in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Nepal.
Close liaison has been maintained with the authorities in India in
regard to management plans for the nine major tiger reserves that have
been designated there. The official ceremony to launch the India work
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