Japan started hunting whales for cash again on聽1聽July EIAimage
ALL pretence of being 鈥渟cientific鈥 has now been dropped. On 30 June, Japan formally left the , which sets global rules for whale conservation. On 1 July, .
The minke was Japan鈥檚 first whale caught in an openly commercial operation for 31聽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…
