Japan's whalers managed to shoot themselves in the foot after Australia's hunt monitoring vessel observed the whaling vessel Yushin Maru 2 dragging a slaughtered Minke whale and calf onboard.
The Australian Government now intends to extend its Antarctic surveillance and evidence gathering.
"Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett says the pictures released today support Australia's position.
"I think it's explicitly clear from these images that this is indiscriminate killing of whales, where you have a whale and its calf killed in this way," he said.
"To claim that this is in anyway scientific is to continue the charade that surrounded this issue from day one."
ABC News article and video link.
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