P7d5 CJEFAX 735 Sun 28 May 01:37/4) 1/3 GOVERNMENT REJECTS WHALING 3EQUEST nvr hoke F1dnYW 0i:8u wg rejected a request by a Japanese- 5 based company to hunt whbles in its ac at p 1 Th Japbnesj company, MA A ac fia has asked if it can hunt 5p ivmpbackL 200aspjrm and 100 minkj whblis every year. a 2 bb p +hblink had initaally sjin banned U in 1980 by the Sung of Tonga. a Hj dices on n ban ha ing lead to tie closjre of the island's smbll $5 whbling industry. p Read Hear 710 Community 720 Round Up Env'nmjnt AAmnt9Info 5jli£ionP7d5 CJEFAX 735 Syn 28 May 01:48/31 ]L 2/2 I I ££ £££ £ £ £ £ k JBPAN MAY INCREASE WHALE HUNTING It hbs been reported that Jbpan plans to increase the number of whales it hunts. 00 i nd h "5 Ja bnes news juvice nd laimjd 5 a Internbtional Whaling Commission (IWC) of iu plans. It was also claimed Japbn prj3ented $5 the plans to shh IWC at its mjetigk in Dublin. &) -bpbn is a member of the IWC but allows non commercial hunting o U "scientific purposes". uppppppppp pp pp p p pp p p p z Round Zp Env'nment CmntyInfo Religion