Japan to resume humpback whale hunting
(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-11-17 18:37
Japanese whaling ship 'Nisshin Maru' leaves the port of Shimonoseki, southwestern Japan, in this Nov. 17, 2000 file photo. Four decades ago, the world banned the slaughter of humpback whales after rampant hunting drove the gentle giants to near extinction. Now, Japan is set to break the 1966 moratorium as the country prepares to launch its largest ever scientific whaling program in the South Pacific this week that ends Nov. 17, 2007. [Agencies] |
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