Stop Japan from hunting whales

Japan fleet catches 177 whales.
A fleet of Japanese whaling ships caught 177 minke and sei whales throughout a three-month tour of the northwestern Pacific, the federal government mentioned on Wednesday.
The three-ship mission returned dwelling as Tokyo prepares to make its case to renew business whaling at a gathering of the Worldwide Whaling Fee (IWC) in Brazil subsequent month.

In the course of the newest 98-day mission, the ships caught 43 minke whales and 134 sei whales, the Fisheries Company mentioned.

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Overseas stress on Japan to cease whaling has solely made conservatives and politicians extra resolute about persevering with their push to renew business whaling.

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The newest mission was a part of a 12-year undertaking to check the quantity, consuming patterns, and biology of whales that Japan needs to analyse to assist its declare that sure whales should not endangered and could possibly be caught for consumption.

Japan is a signatory to the moratorium on whale looking, however exploits a loophole which permits whales to be killed within the identify of scientific analysis.

It makes no secret of the truth that meat from the expeditions finally ends up on dinner tables, regardless of a major decline within the recognition of whale meat.

Please sign this petition to put pressure on Japan to stop hunting these wonderful animals. The tourist industry who is promoting more and more whale watching trip is a much more lucrative business than the meat industry. Give everyone a chance to watch these wonderful animals free in the ocean.