2019-07-01 Japan Restarts Commercial Whaling
Japanese hunters killed at least two whales Monday in the first commercial whale hunt in more than 30 years. Japan stopped commercial whaling in 1988 after the International Whaling Commission,…
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Japanese hunters killed at least two whales Monday in the first commercial whale hunt in more than 30 years. Japan stopped commercial whaling in 1988 after the International Whaling Commission,…
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