Norway kills 729 whales in record year for hunt but demand failing for meat

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More than 720 whales have been harpooned in Norway in the most deadly hunting season since the Government began defying an international ban in 1993.

The number is under the country’s self-imposed quota of 1,286 and the Government claims the four-month hunt is for the “protection and sustainable harvesting of marine resources”.

But retailers are having trouble shifting the huge amount of minke meat in supermarkets, as Norwegians show little appetite for whale.

Some is exported to Japan, which was ordered to end its own whale hunts in the Antarctic by the UN earlier this year.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norway-kills-729-whales-in-record-year-for-hunt-but-demand-failing-for-meat-9689466.html

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. There's a lot that's good about Norway.

And then there's this. Ugh.