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Japan Fleet Plan to Hunt Humpbacks Draws Protests


Animals  (tags: abuse, activists, animal, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animals, animalsuffering, crime, cruelty, death, endangered, environment, ethics, extinction, humans, killed, killing, protection, sealife, suffering, wildanimals, wildanimals, wildl )

Penn
- 769 days ago - earthmadesimple.com
Japan's whaling fleet is set to depart on Sunday for an annual hunt that this year for the first time will take humpback whales -- a perennial favorite among whale-watchers -- sparking protests from activists.
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Blue Bunting (855)
Sunday November 18, 2007, 4:55 pm
"This is not about research," Sato said. "Most of the whale meat will end up in Japanese pubs and supermarkets. The biggest issue here is nationalistic pride. The Japanese government refuses to give it up because of criticism from outside the country."

Hmmm ... "nationalistic pride" is what the Japane$e government under$tand$ ... yes, well, then, we'll have to BOYCOTT JAPAN AND ALL ITS PRODUCTS, until the $tupid government gets the message!
 
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