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November 19, 2007
Japan whale expedition condemned
The hunting fleet has instructions to kill up to 1,000 whales. Humpback whales will be hunted for the first time in over 40 years.
Japan says the hunt is for research purposes and that numbers are too small to have a major impact on populations.
New Zealand PM Helen Clark said this claim was "deception" and that the whalers should not have left port.
The Japanese whaling fleet set sail on its five-month mission from the southern port of Shimonoseki on Sunday.
As well as up to 900 minke whales and 50 fin whales, it will kill up to 50 humpback whales for the first time since a moratorium was introduced in 1963.
The species had been hunted almost to extinction before the ban.
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Posted by sue at November 19, 2007 11:09 AM