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© 2014 AFPJapanese e-commerce giant Rakuten halts whale meat sales
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Kimokekahuna Hawaii
Whale meat? They were selling whale and dolphin meat? What now about the illegal ivory sales... who are these people... who is behind this site
Charles Duncan
Great move. Better than the JP government which is going to circumvent the bans anyway.
presto345
Do EIA and Rakuten trace the origin of the ivory?
warnerbro
"There were no listings for dolphin meat." Dolphin meat can be legally labelled whale in Japan.
Patricia Yarrow
Maybe the whale meat can become compost, like nature intended...
serendipitous
That famous whale meat restaurant near Shibuya station is going to have a tough time! Amazing that it survived this long.
LostinNagoya
Shame on you Rakuten, way too late...
knowitall
So, if none of the already harvested meat can be sold, what will they do with it? Just throw it out? Regardless of a stop to new harvesting, they should at least put the meat already in the freezer to good use.
Ed High
A great move to stop selling whale meat !
Now the Elephants are hoping the company does the same with all Ivory products!
oldman_13
Once again, classy response Japan.
kcjapan
"Rakuten said Friday it has told online retailers to stop selling whale meat — which also includes a ban on dolphin meat"
All this and no one will suffer, no one will be injured and no one will miss killing for cuisine. The harvesters can turn to other endeavors and tax support can help them. Funny, reason and rational response don't seems so terribly threatening. Maybe others will learn from Japan's example, why not?
boweevil
Good...
Andreas Zachcial
This is a first step in the right direction. But, they are still the biggest seller for ivory. They should follow amazon.com and stop doing those kind of business.
Hide Suzuki
@Disillusioned
It says sales of whale meat will end on 4/30
Disillusioned
They might have told them, but there are still over 60,000 hits for くじら on Rakuten.
http://search.rakuten.co.jp/search/mall?st=A&nitem=&v=3&s=1&g=0&sitem=くじら&x=-889&y=-85
nath
Hope more people do positive things like this. Unfortunately, this was kinda forced on them.
Patricia Yarrow
Good move!