UNITED STATES: Anti-whaling nations reject Japanese offer
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In Alaska, anti-whaling nations and conservation groups have rejected a deal that would have allowed humpback whales to be protected from Japan's scientific hunt. Lacking the numbers to secure any significant changes at this year's International Whaling Commission meeting, Japan offered to exempt the humpback from its scientific research programme. But in return it wanted local Japanese communities to be given permission to hunt whales in Japanese waters.
Presenter: Sarah Clarke
Speakers: Australia's Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull; New Zealand's Conservation Minister Chris Carter; Patrick Ramage from the International Fund for Animal Welfare
