G20 leaders urged to denounce Japan’s ‘cruel assault’ on whales | World News, The Indian Express

G20 leaders urged to denounce Japan’s ‘cruel assault’ on whales | World News, The Indian Express

By Reuters |Tokyo |Updated: June 28, 2019 1:48:47 pm

G20 leaders urged to denounce Japan’s ‘cruel assault’ on whales

Japan is withdrawing from IWC on Sunday and resuming commercial whaling a day later after roughly three decades, during which its widely reviled "scientific research" whaling program was decried by opponents as commercial whaling in disguise.

Tokyo is halting the Antarctic research whaling that took some 330 minke whales a year (Representative image)

Environmentalists from around the world urged global leaders at the G20 summit on Friday not to “turn a blind eye” to what they called a “cruel assault on whales” planned by host Japan when it restarts commercial whaling next week.