The
Strait Times,
31 March 2018:
This undated
file picture released on February 7, 2008, by the Australian Customs Services
shows a mother whale and her calf being dragged on board a Japanese ship after
being harpooned in Antarctic waters .PHOTO: AFP
TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese
whaling vessels returned to port on Saturday (March 31) after catching more
than 300 of the mammals in the Antarctic Ocean without facing any protests by
anti-whaling groups, officials said.
A fleet of five whalers
set sail for the Southern Ocean in November, as Tokyo pursues its
"research whaling" in defiance of global criticism….
The fleet caught 333
minke whales as planned without any interruption by anti-whaling campaigners,
the Fisheries Agency said in a statement…..
Japan is a signatory to
the International Whaling Commission moratorium on hunting, but exploits a
loophole that allows whales to be killed for scientific research.
Tokyo says the slaughter
is necessary for in-depth knowledge of whale behaviour and biology, but it
makes no secret of the fact that whales killed in the hunts often end up on
dinner plates.
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