Japan's brutal whaling industry slaughters 200 pregnant minke whales, threatening an entire generation

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<p>‘Despite mo ti g press re from ma y activist gro ps, Japa co ti es to sla ghter h re s of whales every year – some of which are e a gere – i the ame of “scie ce.” The atio hi es behi the claim that the sla ghter is legal accor i g to the 1946 whali g co ve tio , which allows whales to be kille for scie tific p rposes, as reporte by the I ter atio al F for A imal Welfare. This same exc se is also se i Icela a Norway.</p>
<p>However, i to ay’s era of mo er scie ce, there is absol tely o ee to kill a whale to st y it. DNA samples ca be take from the ski , bl bber a fecal matter while the a imal is still alive, a the be se to etermi e vital i formatio abo t its health. Mea while, pop latio estimates ca be o e si g sighti g s rveys a other completely harmless research metho s.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www. at ral ews.com/053482_Japa _whali g_species_extermi atio .html" target="_bla k">Rea more: Japa ’s br tal whali g i stry sla ghters 200 preg a t mi ke whales, threate i g a e tire ge eratio </a></p>