41.   Though whales are hunted in many parts of the world, here they are worshipped as protectors of sea-faring people.

42.   Whaling officials rejected Friday a U.S. request to allow Alaskan Eskimos to hunt whales, eliciting an angry response from American delegates who said it will affect Eskimo livelihoods.

43.   Former screen goddess Brigitte Bardot has threatened to organise a worldwide boycott of Japanese goods if Japan continues to hunt whales.

44.   They continue to hunt whales, for what they call scientific purposes, and have even increased their catches in recent years.

45.   Whales are hunted for their meat in certain central Philippine islands, chiefly by islanders of Bohol, near Pamilacan.

46.   Japan and Norway are the only countries still hunting mink whales despite a ban on commercial whaling.

47.   Japanese commercial whalers hunt the whale for its meat.

48.   Japan and Norway are the only member countries that continue to hunt whales despite the moratorium, officially for scientific reasons.

49.   Norway has continued to hunt whales, declining to accept international agreements on various whale species.