Countries impose tighter regulation of scientific whaling
Portoroz, Slovenia, 18 September 2014 – The killing of whales as part of scientific research programmes will now be under stricter oversight after a divisive vote by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) today. The decision comes after a judgement by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in March that ruled previous “scientific” hunts by Japan to be illegal . “Illegal commercial whaling went on for way too long under the guise of scientific research. Today the IWC made the right