The Yushin Maru catcher ship of the Japanese whaling fleet injures a whale with its first harpoon before using a further three harpoons to finally kill the whale in the Southern Ocean off Antarctica, January 7, 2006. ©BELGA/AFP PHOTO/HO/GREENPEACE/JEREMY SUTTON-HIBBERT MEPs are calling for tough new measures to be taken against whaling.
NVO kritizē Japānu par "zinātnisko medību" produktu komercializēšanu Lai gan pirms vairāk nekā divdesmit gadiem tika aizliegtas vaļu medības komerciāliem nolūkiem, vaļu skaits turpina samazināties.