Guest guest Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news & id=290026 Wal-Mart pressured to make Seiyu stop selling whale meat Monday, March 1, 2004 at 04:00 JST NEW YORK & #12539;The Environmental Investigation Agency, which has head offices in London and Washington, on Friday urged Wal-Mart Stores Inc to force its affiliated Japanese supermarket chain operator Seiyu Ltd to stop selling whale and dolphin meat. Seiyu has said that whale meat is part of the traditional Japanese diet and sales of it " have been entirely conducted in conformity with law. " The environmental group said it hired a Japanese researcher to call 202 Seiyu retail outlets to ask if they sold whale or dolphin meat, and 123 of them said yes. Wal-Mart has a 37% stake in Seiyu. (Kyodo News) Get better spam protection with Mail. http://antispam./tools Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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