Japanese spectators watch a Beard´s Beaked whale being slaughtered in the Japanese port city of Wada Wednesday, June 21, 2006. The whaling firm is one of eight coastal whaling operations in Japan that hunt Beard´s Beaked and pilot whales, species not subject to the International Whaling Commission´s 1986 ban on commercial whaling. Pro-whaling nations, including Japan, edged closer toward their goal of resuming commercial whale hunts as the IWC´s annual meeting drew to a close Tuesday passing a symbolic resolution to support ending a 20-year-old ban on commercial whaling. (AP Photo/ David Guttenfelder) hf1
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