Whaling Ban Nearly Killed

American Voices • government • animals • ISSUE 42•24 • Jun 20, 2006

Led by strong opposition from Japan, the body that governs commercial whaling came close to overturning the 20-year-old ban on the practice. What do you think?

“The need to whale is maybe the only part of Japan's weird, demented culture that I come close to understanding.”
Alex Billings –
Jeweler
“Has anyone been monitoring the whales' songs? Has there been any change in them since this story broke?”
Laura Feinstein –
Production Assistant
“It would serve those whales right for guzzling up half our krill.”
Ed Cambers –
Translator

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