Japanese whaling fleet kill Antarctic minke whales in the Southern Ocean, Antarctica
An Antarctic Minke whale lies dead and tied alongside the rail of a Japanese whale catcher ship prior to its transfer to the factory ship Nishin Maru. The whale is one of 440 that the whalers will kill in their annual hunt under the guise of science, a point that environmental protest group Greenpeace disputes.
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Location: Southern Ocean, Antarctica
Photo credit: © jeremy sutton-hibbert / Alamy / Afripics
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