BERLIN (AFP) - Japan and its chief whaling ally Iceland attempted to circumvent a global moratorium on commercial whaling in the teeth of fierce resistance from opponents.

A Japanese bid to hunt 150 Bryde's whales a year was refused by 27 votes to 17 on the third day of the world whaling body's annual meeting here.

Another proposal for 150 minke whales a year was expected to meet the same fate later Wednesday.

Separately, Iceland was due to explain its arguments for deciding to resume whaling for scientific research.


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Those countries' reps should be ashamed of themselves!

Unfortunately KC they arn't . Japan , don't they still use extracts of Tiger as an aphrodisiac ? There isn't a smilie angry enough to show how this makes me feel .

Hopefully if enough countries put pressure on them, they'll stop doing this, but unfortunately it won't happen soon enough

*shaking head*.......