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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Photo: 4,000+ Japan Whale Harvest Not Justified, Experts Say


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Members of a Japanese research team cut up the carcass of a minke whale on November 8, 2007.

Scientists and conservationists are questioning whether Japan needed to kill more than 4,000 of the whales after recently published results were considered less than "meaningful."

Photograph by Kyodo/AP