Report: Japanese hunters kill 122 pregnant minke whales during summer months Daniel Hurst in Tokyo
Daniel Hurst in Tokyo
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More than 120 pregnant whales were killed during Japans annual research hunt in the Southern Ocean last summer, a new report has revealed.
Of the 333 minke whales caught during the controversial 12-week expedition, 181 were female including 53 immature ones. Figures show that of the 128 mature female whales caught in the hunt, 122 were pregnant.
Apparent pregnancy rate of sampled animals was high (95.3%) and no lactating animal was observed in this survey, said a technical report submitted to the International Whaling Commission.
Conservationists seized on the document as further evidence of the abhorrent whaling program, which Japan argues is conducted for scientific purposes.
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