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Posted Fri Apr 4 2014: from London Guardian: Japan's biggest online retailer, Rakuten, ends whale meat sales http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1396640183 The Japanese online retailer Rakuten is to end all online sales of whale and dolphin meat by the end of April after the international court of justice ordered Japan to immediately halt its annual whale hunts in the southern ocean. The decision by Rakuten comes soon after the UK-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) exposed the company as the world's biggest online retailer of whale products and elephant ivory. [Read more stories about: massive die-off, people rise up] This item will appear in our PANIQuiz! New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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