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The decision by Japan to resume commercial whaling should be condemned – if not for its uncertain effect on whales, then for its contempt for international agreements
Life
| Leader
2 July 2019
Japan started hunting whales for cash again on 1 JulyEIAimage
ALL pretence of being “scientific” has now been dropped. On 30 June, Japan formally left the International Whaling Commission (IWC), which sets global rules for whale conservation. On 1 July, a boat returned with the first catch.
The minke was Japan’s first whale caught in an openly commercial operation for 31 years. The country has hunted whales in that time under the pretext of scientific research, but it has long petitioned to return to commercial whaling. When its last proposal was voted down by the IWC in September, Japan …
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