Japan support for whaling outweighs opposition: poll
- Published: 27 Nov 2012 at 14.47
- Online news: Asia
More Japanese people support the country's controversial whale hunt than oppose it, a survey carried out on behalf of animal rights activists showed Tuesday.
The Nisshin Maru, part of Japan's research whaling fleet, in Miyagi prefecture in 2011. More Japanese people support the country's controversial whale hunt than oppose it, a survey carried out on behalf of animal rights activists showed Tuesday.
Of 1,200 people questioned for the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), 26.8 percent said the country should continue its hunt against 18.5 percent who opposed it. The remainder expressed no opinion.
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