Officials maintain a third of preceding numbers will be caught and insist draw is scientifically soundJapan is set to resume whaling early next year,after a break of more than 12 months, in defiance of an international court of justice ruling that it cease the practice.
The Japanese government says it has taken into account the court ruling and its “scientific” whaling programme will catch only a third of the minke whales it caught under its preceding programme – 333 instead of 1000 – which it halted in March last year.
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Source: theguardian.com