Auction on eBay bids to save the lives of rare fin whales

SHOPPERS can purchase almost anything they want on eBay — now they will get the chance to buy a whale’s freedom.

Wildlife campaigners are hoping to raise £100,000 (€150,000) by auctioning an endangered fin whale on the online marketplace this week. The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) hopes to raise awareness of the plight of whales in Iceland.

Five endangered fin whales have been killed by Icelandic hunters in the past two weeks, according to the WSPA.