More than 120 pregnant whales slaughtered in Japan for ‘research’

Over 120 pregnant whales have been killed in Japan in a hunt which scientists in the country described as 'scientific research'.The latest killings were officially classed as 'biological sampling' aiming to investigate 'the structure and dynamics of the Antarctic marine ecosystem'.But figures show that 333 minke Antarctic whales were killed last summer alone, of which more than 120 were pregnant females.Around 67 per cent of the female whales killed were pregnant and 114 immature whales were kil