New Scientist: Whalers found innocent, Greenpeace activists are charged with theft |
| Published: July 16, 2008, 4:17 pm |
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In May we ran a story entitled "The beginning of the end for Japanese whaling?". We spoke too soon. At the time, a public prosecutor in Japan had announced he was investigating claims that workers on whaling ships were embezzling whale meat and selling it to restaurant owners. The investigation was prompted by an undercover investigation carried out by Greenpeace, which said the activities were a misuse of public funds as the meat was a by-product of publicly funded research. » original news [ Full article ] |
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