The external locations of harpoon wounds on minke whales taken in antarctic commercial whaling operations, 1978/79 season

Animal Welfare

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-62

  Best, P B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Antarctic; Harpoon wounds; Minke whale; Whaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042377662     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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2. Best P B 1975 Death-times for whales killed by explosive harpoons. Report of the International Whaling Commission 25: 208-214
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7. Wall R G R 1961 Report of the working party on humane and expeditious methods of killing whales. Report of the International Whaling Commission 12: 33-35