11.   On Wednesday, American officials said that an expanded whale hunt by Japan would bring condemnation from the United States.

12.   Paintings portray the explosive action of the whale hunt.

13.   She believes the time has passed for the tribal whale hunt.

14.   So it is an event of great significance to the Makah people, who consider the whale hunt to be a sacramental act.

15.   The argument is that the captains pick up the costs for people in their villages to go on whale hunts that are allowed under international whaling agreements.

16.   The government of British Columbia vowed to block its tribes from conducting similar whale hunts.

17.   The object of this benevolent whale hunt is to identify environmental factors contributing to the near extinction of North Atlantic right whales.

18.   The United States has threatened to impose sanctions against Japan, which insists its whale hunts are for scientific research although the whale meat is sold in restaurants.

19.   They argue that the survival of a native culture that once centered around the whale hunt justifies the limited taking.

20.   Watson points out that even some members of the Makah tribe want to stop the whale hunt.