The animals rights group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has forced Japan’s Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries to cancel the rest of the winter whaling season, which generally runs through mid-March. Michihiko Kano said in an interview Friday that Sea Shepherd member ships closely monitor the Japanese whalers and occasionally get into altercations. Because of this, he felt that the government’s only course of action was to cancel the rest of the season. Kano stressed in the interview that it is not what the government wanted to do, but feared the altercations made it too dangerous for the whalers on … Continue reading →