Japan whale hunting; Southern Ocean; Antarctica; Australia

Workers butcher a Baird's Beaked whale at Wada port in Minamiboso, southeast of Tokyo. Today's order by a UN court now stops the practice in the southern ocean.

Japan told it can’t hunt whales near Antarctica — because it’s not scientific

March 31, 2014Environment

The United Nation’s International Court of Justice ruled Monday that Japan’s whale hunting near Antarctica must stop immediatelyThe United Nation’s International Court of Justice ruled Monday that Japan’s whale hunting near Antarctica must stop immediately