Tuesday, June 21, 2005

"Scientific" whaling continues to draw heavy criticism

tags: whaling, science, conservation

excerpted from an article by Jon Herskovitz Tue Jun 21, 8:53 AM ET

ULSAN, South Korea (Reuters) - Japan lashed out at anti-whaling nations on Tuesday after its proposal to resume limited commercial hunting was voted down by an international commission and its "scientific" harvesting heavily criticized. More...