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
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"It would serve those whales right for guzzling up half our krill."
Ed Cambers • Translator