Norway exports whale products to Japan

A minke whale and her one-year-old calf are dragged aboard the Nisshin Maru, a Japanese whaling vessel, in 2008. Credit: Australian Customs and Border Protection Service

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has discovered that a Norwegian company has exported more than four metric tons of whale products to Japan – despite international trade of whale products being banned.

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