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Is It Hump Day Already?
Japanese whaling fleet to hunt up to 1,035 whales, including 50 humpbacks |
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19 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 6:50 AM on 19 Nov 2007 Japan's oft-criticized "scientific" whaling fleet will be extra busy this season as it aims to land up to 1,035 whales in what could be the country's largest whale hunt in modern times. Included in the toll: up to 50 humpback whales, the first time they've been targeted in some 40 years. Humpback whales numbered only about 1,200 in the 1960s, but the popul ... |
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| Topics: Japan, news, politics, whaling, wildlife (all these topics) |
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