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epa01043976 Japanese fisherman slaughters a 10m-long Baird's beaked whale at Wada port, Chiba prefecture, Japan, 21 June 2007. The slaughter is the first of the 2007 whaling season in Japan. Wada is one of four communities in Japan that commercially hunt whales not protected by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in the country's coastal waters. EPA/EVERETT KENNEDY BROWN