Asian nations want to sink South Korea whale hunt plan
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – South Korea on Wednesday proposed resuming whaling for scientific research, angering other Asian countries and conservationists who said the practice would skirt a global ban on whale hunting. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she would fight the proposal, which was made at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Panama City. Critics said the move to pursue whaling in domestic waters was modeled on Japan’s introduction of scientific whaling after the IWC imposed a 1986 moratorium on commercial whaling. . . .
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