Whaling meeting 'may relax rules'

[Eugene]

Whaling meeting 'may relax rules'
By Richard Black
BBC Environment correspondent, Ulsan, South Korea

Pro-whaling nations seem set to command a majority of votes at the
meeting of the International Whaling Commission which opens in South
Korea on Monday.

Four developing countries have joined the IWC and are likely to vote
with Japan which leads the pro-whaling bloc.

Japan has vowed to use any majority to scrap initiatives on
conservation and welfare, but will almost certainly not be able
to resume commercial whaling.

EDIT

Although there is no indication yet of which way they will vote,
conservation groups allege that Japan has a history of effectively
buying the votes of developing countries through foreign aid.

EDIT

More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4109632.stm

[Southsideirish]

1. Ya, whatever. I'm convinced that sooner or later all lifeforms are going

to be eliminated from this planet - except fat cat republicuns, of course, who will live to be 100+ in their gated communities with their gold plated health care plans.