WASHINGTON, DC, May 15, 2001 (ENS)
"The United States again is urging Japan not to take sperm and Bryde's whales for its expanded lethal scientific whaling program, the State Department said Monday.
On May 10, Japanese whaling vessels left for the North Pacific to resume Japan's expanded lethal scientific whaling program. This marks the second year of Japan's two year expanded whaling program, which includes the taking of endangered sperm and Bryde's whales."