Japan starts whale hunt again, sparking strong condemnations from Australia

[Simon]

It's that time of the year again when Japanese whalers sets sail for the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary in Antarctica to begin their unnecessary and cruel slaughter of whales.

"There is no difference between what the Japanese are doing in the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary and what elephant poachers are doing in the eastern Kenya. Except that in Kenya poachers are black, they are poor and they get shot for what they are doing."

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