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Last Japanese whale hunt for ‘research’ ends as mass slaughter for profit looms

Japanese hunting vessels set off to kill more whales

Reports in Japanese media indicate that the Japanese whaling fleet has left today for Antarctica. The fleet sailed from Shimonoseki Port, Yamaguchi Prefecture in order to kill up to 333 Antarctic minke whales by next March for ongoing ‘research’. The fleet consists of the Yushin Maru (724 tons) and The 3rd Yushin Maru (742 tons).…

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Japanese boats leave port to kill whales despite being told to stop by panel of experts

Japan has resumed its annual programme of whale slaughter in the Northwest Pacific just days after a committee of scientific experts at the International Whaling Commission (the global body that regulates whaling) backed previous conclusions by an independent panel that the North Pacific hunts were “currently unjustified, and should be halted until more research has…

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