Japan kills inside whale sanctuary as Sea Shepherd loses the hunters
Japan was caught killing a whale deep inside Antarctic waters declared by Australia to be a protected whale sanctuary.
Daniel Flitton is senior correspondent for The Age covering foreign affairs and politics. He is a former intelligence analyst for the Australian government and was at one-time a university lecturer specialising in international relations.
Japan was caught killing a whale deep inside Antarctic waters declared by Australia to be a protected whale sanctuary.
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