Japan's attempt to overturn commercial whaling ban fails
by Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#3YSRT)
Anti-whaling nations defeat proposals that would have allowed for the return of hunts
An attempt to overturn the decades-old global ban on commercial whaling has failed, to the relief of conservationists.
Anti-whaling nations defeated by a decisive margin proposals from the Japanese government that would have allowed for the return of whale hunts.
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