Japan Won't End
By Wendy Heller, February 3, 2009 @ 02:00 AM (EST)
Source: Iol.co.za
Japan said on Tuesday that it will not accept any proposal at upcoming international whaling talks forcing it to end its lethal research project.
International Whaling Commission chairman William Hogarth has proposed that Japan scale down or stop its whaling in the Antarctic Ocean over the next five years.
In return, some Japanese towns with a tradition of whaling would be allowed to catch a limited number of minke whales in coastal waters, according to the IWC website...
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