Brussels, 22/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - During an initial guideline debate on the proposed regulation aiming to ban the sale within the EU of products derived from whales slaughtered using "inhumane" methods causing needless suffering (EUROPE 9709), the environment ministers were unanimous, in Luxembourg on 20 October, in their full support for the objective of protecting animal welfare as pursued by the text on the table. This is particularly important as this concern is fully shared by...