Nonlethal whale research planned
Australia will invest millions of dollars in nonlethal whale research to show Japan that the animals do not need to be killed to be studied, the government announced today.
The $3.87-million campaign begins just before Japan’s Southern Ocean summer whaling season, when its fleet regularly kills more than 1,000 whales for research. Critics say the hunts are a cover for commercial whaling, banned since 1986.
The Australian campaign will invest in aerial surveys, satellite tags and genetic studies. It will also assess Japan’s scientific whaling program.
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