yes it made me cry when i saw it its so sad! made me mad too! grrrr

Hell yes!

I read an article on that... said the poor things were still alive being dragged up the ramp with their guts hanging out!

Hell yes, offensive, upsetting, sad and wasteful.  Thanks for the link!

While I think that whaling is just like any other fishing industry, I believe that it has to be sustainable, that is protect the breeding populations.  This picture shows a mother and her calf, slaughtered in the name of research.  90% of the information we need of any species can be gained from blood samples.  The other 10% is to do with their physical structure.  The Japanese are hunting 1000 whales this year, in the name of science, and are killing endangered species and breaching the laws of fishing/ whaling in Australian waters.