SCIENCE
26 November 2007
Monday 26 November 2007 21:00-21:30 (Radio 4 FM)
Roz Kidman Cox looks at the continuing conflict over the pursuit of whales since the International Whaling Commission voted for a moratorium on commercial hunting in 1982.
Despite the 25-year ban, Japan continues to kill thousands of whales a year in the name of science while environmentalists complain that this is simply commercial whaling in a different guise. But does this apparent conflict actually suit both sides?
