Half of marine mammals caught in drive hunts in Japan exported

A small whale jumps during a show at the Taiji Whale Museum in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on May 26, 2015. Official statistics show about half the 760 dolphins and other small cetacean mammals caught in drive hunts off Taiji between September 2009 and August 2014 were exported, including 216 shipped to China. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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