Japan kills 122 pregnant whales
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Tokyo: Japan killed 122 pregnant minke whales during a highly controversial annual whaling expedition that Tokyo defends as scientific research but conservationists call “gruesome and unnecessary.” The four-month expedition in the Antarctic ended in March after the fleet killed 333 minke whales, according to a report submitted by Japanese authorities to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) last month.
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Agence France-Presse. (2018, June 01). Japan kills 122 pregnant whales. The Manila Times, p. B7.
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