After a 20 year legal battle with the Makah Tribe of Washington state facing off against legal challenges on the part of animal rights activists, an administrative law judge sided with the Indians allowing them to resume gray whale hunting. However, there is one more hurdle needed before the gray whale hunts can begin.

PHOTO CREDIT: Gray whale breaching By Merrill Gosho, NOAA – http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/mammals/cetaceans/graywhale.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37535701