Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Japanese Kill Willie

Related: Slow Saturday Special: Japanese Starving For Sushi

"Whaling group proposes compromise" by Washington Post | February 23, 2010

A Japanese crew harpooned a whale off the coast of Antarctica in 2006. Japan is one of three countries that still hunt whales.
A Japanese crew harpooned a whale off the coast of Antarctica in 2006. Japan is one of three countries that still hunt whales. (AFP/ Getty Images/ File)

WASHINGTON - Japan kills hundreds of whales each year on the grounds that it is “scientific whaling,’’ a permissible practice under IWC rules. Both Norway and Iceland hunt whales commercially, saying they do not accept the commission’s moratorium....

How come they aren't being harangued like the Japanese?

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