Sushi eatery to close after serving endangered whale meat
On Friday, a Santa Monica restaurant under fire for allegedly serving illegal whale meat announced it was set to close its doors as a “self-imposed punishment.”
The Hump, an upscale eatery at the Santa Monica Airport, has been in the hot seat ever since animal activists and an associate producer of The Cove — this year’s best documentary Oscar winner — snuck a camera into the restaurant and secretly recorded themselves ordering and receiving omakase, or chef’s choice, which included eight pieces of illegal whale meat.
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