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Posted on April 15, 2010 | tags

 
 

World: Japan defines “whale research” as selling whale meat abroad

  • legal Despite a 1986 ban, Japan was allowed (controversially) to continue killing hundreds of whales yearly for research purposes.
  • illegal However, some of that whale
    blubber has found its way to Korean and American sushi restaruants. Hmm, whale-y. source