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Australia censures Japan for 'scientific' whaling

2013-06-26 16:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Japan is using scientific research as an excuse to conduct commercial whaling in defiance of an international ban, Australia said on Wednesday at the start of a landmark legal bid to put a permanent end to the annual slaughter of almost 1,000 whales in the Southern Ocean. Australia, with the support of New Zealand, has asked the International Court of Justice to withdraw all permits for future whale hunts from the Japanese fleet. The hearings in the Hague will last three weeks and a decision...

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