Animals
Whaling: Japan Announces Renewed Whaling Plans for Antarctica
Following a ruling by the International Court of Justice in 2014, saying that Japan had unlawfully claimed to be doing scientific research while whaling in the Antarctic, Japan's government recently announced that the country will resume whaling in Antarctica.
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