The World Court has ordered Japan to stop whaling in the Antarctic, rejecting claims of scientific research. Geert Vons of the Sea Shepard Conservation Society welcomed the ruling.

Geert Vons: “I don’t know if Japan will proceed with their whaling. They might find a new program, a new scientific research program, in the future. But for the moment, I feel very confident that that will not happen, because, as the judge said, they should fulfill their obligations. They should meet standards, and they have not done so far. International scientific community has to support. There has to be peer-reviewed articles, etc., etc. So this is, I think, a very positive, strong statement.”