Have a link to any proof? I am not disagreeing, just want some proof.
I'll dig it up if I can (I know reports on this have been done in the past, where the whales after being "researched" showed up in the fish markets), but shear logic says you don't need to kill 935 whales per year to do research on the whales. BTW, what are they claiming to be researching anyway? Obviously, not the whales' migratory patterns or anatomy. New medicines made from the whales? So much for the so-called saving face.