For the second time in recent months, animal rights activists have failed to get a permanent injunction to prevent the Makah tribe from conducting a whale hunt this summer.
In May, U.S. District Court Judge Franklin Burgess denied efforts by The Fund for Animals, Humane Society of the United States, and other groups to obtain an injunction against the whale hunt. Among other things, the groups claim that the hunt violates the National Environmental Policy Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
At the recent meeting of the International Whaling Commission, the Makah were granted the right to kill up to four whales per year.
Source:
Court Again Rejects Effort To Prevent Whale Hunt. David Fisher, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 8, 2002.