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Under international pressure, Japan drops humpback hunt

Giving in to worldwide criticism, Japan's government announced Friday that a whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean for its annual hunt would not kill 50 rare humpback whales as originally planned. ...full story at LA Times

from LA Times on Sat, Dec 22 2007

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21 Dec 07		Japan Temporarily Stops Hunt Of Humpback Whales!!!  »  YouTube videoA controversial Japanese mission to hunt humpback whales in the Antarctic has been temporarily abandoned, a top government official says. Nobutaka Machimura said the humpback hunt would not go ahead - although the fleet will still hunt about 1,000 other...
31 Dec 07		Japan To Suspend Hunt For Humpback Whales  »  TreeHugger Withering criticism from the international media and hard work from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has convinced Japanese officials to agree to suspend the hunt for humpback whales during its annual whale hunt in the seas off of...
13 Aug 08		National › Humpback whale population increases due to hunt ban  »  Japan Today Humpback whales -- which Japan decided not to hunt this year due to an international outcry -- are now much less at risk of extinction…
14 Feb 08		Activists to rejoin hunt as Valentine to whales  »  Japan Today The anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is set to resume its pursuit of Japan's whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean on Thursday, delivering what its leader describes as a special "Valentine's Day gift to the whales." After spending 12...
03 Jun 07		Oceans being emptied of fish  »  Japan Times LONDON — When the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission opened in Alaska last Monday, Japan declared that it planned to kill 50 humpback whales as well as the usual minke and fin... Read more . . .
21 Dec 07		Japan calls off hunt for humpbacks  »  Japan Times Even as its whalers sail for the Southern Ocean hunting grounds, Japan has agreed to temporarily suspend its pursuit of humpback whales, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura indicated Friday. Read more . . .

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