PORTOROZ, Slovenia, Oct 24, (APP/AFP) – A key meeting on whales opened to early confrontation Monday with Japan seeking an end to a 30-year moratorium on whale hunting, and others proposing an Atlantic cetacean sanctuary. While meeting host Slovenia urged compromise for the marine mammals’ sake, member states of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) cleaved almost immediately into historic pro- and anti-hunting factions. “The moratorium on commercial whaling should and could be lifted on a stock-by-stock basis based on sound scientific evidence,” said Japan’s written opening statement to the commission’s 66th meeting.
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Battle lines drawn fast at global whaling huddle
