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news The battle over a whale's brutal death A video showing the final, brutal 20 minutes of a minke whale's life at the hands of Japanese fishermen sent a ripple of shock through international media. But activists says the footage of the whale being slowly drowned, after becoming trapped in their nets, has merely highlighted an entirely legal loophole which is used to kill dozens of whales each year. "This is neither an exceptional nor unexpected occurrence," Mark Simmonds, senior marine scientist at Humane Society International (HSI), said in a release after the whale's death. "But what is ...

Japan whale hunting: 'By-catch' rule highlighted after minke death By Flora Drury image captionThe whale initially became trapped in the fishermen's nets but was later killed A video showing the final, brutal 20 minutes of a minke whale's life at the hands of Japanese fishermen sent a ripple of shock through international media. But activists says the footage of the whale being slowly drowned, after becoming trapped in their nets, has merely highlighted an entirely legal loophole which is used to kill dozens of whales each year. "This is neither an exceptional nor unexpected occurrence," Mark...

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Boris Johnson has promised a compensation fund for seafood exporters hit by post-Brexit bureaucracy, but describes their difficulties as "teething problems".

Cargo coming into Britain from France and Germany is down 50% on last year and foreign firms now 'avoid' sending stock here due to red tape, expert warns Jane Denton For Thisismoney © Provided by This Is Money MailOnline logo Cargo freight from France and Germany to Britain is down 50 per cent on the same point last year amid post-Brexit turmoil at border points and ports, a London-based accountancy firm has warned. 'The Government needs to step up now and explain how this is going to be resolved', Alex Altmann, a partner and head of the Brexit advisory group at Blick Roth...