World Court ruled Japan 's `` scientific '' whale-hunting was baloney and it must stop . Carl Safina : Japan ducks ban on whaling with `` research ' excuse : Court agrees it 's for meat . Safina : Japanese government says whales are not endangered, but court rules they're a threat to the environment. He says arguing whaling is Japanese culture is no excuse : It 's New England culture too .
World Court ruled Japan 's `` scientific '' whale-hunting was baloney and it must stop . Carl Safina : Japan ducks ban on whaling with `` research ' excuse : Court agrees it 's for meat . Safina : Using cannon and bombs , whaling empties oceans once teeming with whales . He says arguing whaling is Japanese culture is no excuse : It 's New England culture too .