An adult and sub-adult <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minke_whale" class="extiw" title="en:Minke whale">Minke whale</a> are dragged aboard the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nisshin_Maru" class="extiw" title="en:Nisshin Maru">Nisshin Maru</a></i>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaling_in_Japan" class="extiw" title="en:Whaling in Japan">Japanese whaling</a> vessel that is the world's only <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_ship" class="extiw" title="en:Factory ship">factory whaling ship</a>.  The wound that is visible on the calf's side was reportedly caused by an explosive-packed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/harpoon" class="extiw" title="en:harpoon">harpoon</a>. <br>
This image was taken by Australian customs agents in 2008, under a surveillance effort to collect evidence of indiscriminate harvesting, which is contrary to Japan's claim that they are collecting the whales for the purpose of scientific research.  In 2010, Australia filed a lawsuit in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Court_of_Justice" class="extiw" title="en:International Court of Justice">International Court of Justice</a> hoping to halt Japanese whaling; this photograph will undoubtedly play a key role in that pending case.
Customs and Border Protection Service,  Commonwealth of Australia
CC BY-SA 3.0 au
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