Whale burgers on the menu at Japanese schools

JAPAN is trying to get children to eat whale burgers and is turning their meat into dog food because of a glut caused by its expanding whaling programme.

The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) in Britain said Japan’s stockpile of whale meat has doubled in the last decade as a result of more and more animals being killed each year, and selling the meat as dog food is the latest attempt to stimulate the market.

Japan says it needs to catch whales for scientific research.