Japan has announced that they will resume their whaling programme despite the fact that it has been prevented by an international court ruling.
The whaling will resume next year after a break of one year, according to BBC. The report claims that their "scientific" programme will be reduced.
However, the announcement has been condemned by England, Australia and various envoirnental groups.
We are appalled at Japan's decision to resume cruel whaling program in the Antarctic Ocean https://t.co/FaskpxLziQ pic.twitter.com/E7FyZllQaJ
— Animal Protection (@MoveTheWorld) November 27, 2015
With Japan's new plan, they claim they will reduce the number of whales who are killed to 333 per year.
Australia previously brought a case against the country for their whaling programme in 2014, claiming that the Japan scientific programme wasn't scientific at all. On top of that, the court heard that Japan didn't have to kill the whales in order to study them.
Some 3,600 whales have been killed under the current programme since 2005.
