Despite all the international criticism and attention surrounding whale hunting, yet another U.S. company is found to be indirectly profiting off of the sale of whale products. Yahoo! Japan, a subsidiary of the American web giant Yahoo!, lists whale products for sale on its site. Tell Yahoo! CEO Ross Levinsohn to quickly ban the sale of whale products on Yahoo! Japan before Yahoo!’s name becomes tarnished.
The story of whale hunting is well publicized by now, thanks to shows like Whale Wars and the relentless work of other conservation groups across the world. Only a few countries in the world still allow the hunting of whales. Japan hunts and kills hundreds of whales each year for “scientific reasons,” although critics point out how many whale products end up on the black market in the country. Many of the whale species that Japan kills were hunted to near extinction and are trying to rebound.
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