Assertion: blue whale | /r/HasProperty | hunted to the brink
Facets:
value: by commercial whalers
type: OTHER
value: from many countries including the uk
type: LOCATION
value: from the 1940s
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Weighing as much as 200 tonnes and stretching up to 30 metres, blue whales were hunted to the brink by commercial whalers from many countries including the UK from the 1940s to the 1960s when they became a protected stock under the International Whaling Commission.