Whaling nations set for majority

[Eugene]

Last Updated: Sunday, 11 June 2006, 21:36 GMT 22:36 UK

Whaling nations set for majority

By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News website

Pro-whaling nations look set to command a majority of the votes when the International
Whaling Commission (IWC) annual meeting begins on Friday.

Several countries which appear likely to vote with the pro-whaling bloc have joined
the body in recent weeks.

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A pro-whaling majority could lead to the scrapping of conservation and welfare programmes,
though not a return to full-scale commercial whaling.

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But a simple majority would be enough to end IWC work on issues which Japan believes
to be outside its remit, such as welfare and killing methods, whale-watching and anything
concerning small cetaceans such as dolphins.

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Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5066538.stm

[Dead_Parrot]

1. Fuck fuck fuck fuck

We deserve to be fucking extinct at this rate.

[Nihil]

2. Seconded

:banghead: