The whale hunt in Japan has always been a source of protests and controversy.  Japan claims that their “research hunts” provide valuable scientific information to the world, which Greenpeace counters as just not being the case.  You have to wonder how killing close to a thousand whales a year actually furthers any kind of research goal, but this is Japan’s excuse to the international community.  Check out this series on Animal Planet – makes it worth ordering the channel!

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