Minke whale hunt and animal welfare

• Published in: Animal Welfare
• Main Authors: Knudsen, SK, Øen, EO, Walløe, L
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2007
• Subjects: General Veterinary; General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Animal Science and Zoology; Knudsen; Norway; Slaughter; minke whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0962728600027330; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0962728600027330

Over the last twenty-five years, Norway has given priority to research to improve hunting methods for Minke whales. This has resulted in an increase in the instantaneous death rate (IDR) from about 17% in the early 1980s to about 80% today, and, thus, in a considerable decrease in the time to death...