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Japanese Whale Hunting in Sights of U.S. Congressman Vowing to Help End ‘Slaughter on the Seas’

May 18, 2017

Congressman Matt Gaetz, a Republican from Florida, has put forward a resolution in the House of Represenatives calling for an end to Japan's annual whale hunt, which he describes as a "slaughter on the seas".

Japan's whaling fleet returned in March from a hunt in the Southern Ocean with a catch of 333 minke whales on board.

Japan conducts its hunt under a loophole in International Whaling Commission regulations that allows for "scientific whaling".

"So many people in my district and around the world are starting to see the Japan whale hunt for what it is, and that it is a preposterous assertion of science but really simply something to facilitate the bloodlust for whale meat," Congressman Gaetz said.

Issues:Environment