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| Japan to Expand Whale Hunt to 2 New Species |
| 2005-04-12 |
| Japan is set to expand its annual whale hunt to take two new species as well as nearly doubling its planned catch of minke whales, media reports said Tuesday, a move virtually certain to spark global fury if true. Under a new plan for what Tokyo calls its research whaling program, Japan would take humpback whales and fin whales in addition to the four whale species it currently hunts, sources close to the situation were quoted as telling Kyodo news agency. Japan, where whale meat is regarded as a delicacy, abandoned commercial whaling in 1986 in line with an international ban, but began a program to hunt whales in what it calls scientific research whaling the following year. The meat ends up on store shelves and on the tables of gourmet restaurants. If the ecos really wanted to stop this, it would be straightforward, if not simple. Just inject or feed the whales with a quantity of some harmless substance that makes their meat loathsome to the taste for the rest of their life. It might even be a bacterial toxin poisonous to humans. That would teach them to eat their research projects. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #1 ima like to research sonnys bbq |
| Posted by: Half 2005-04-12 7:03:07 PM |