Elementary school students watch the dissection of a Baird's beaked whale at a port in Minamiboso in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, on Thursday, July 18, 2019. It followed the resumption of commercial whale hunting by Japan on July 1 after a hiatus of more than 30 years. The move to restart commercial whaling has defied calls from conservation groups to protect the animals, which were once hunted to the brink of extinction. [ Photo: IC]"

Elementary school students watch the dissection of a Baird's beaked whale at a port in Minamiboso in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, on Thursday, July 18, 2019. It followed the resumption of commercial whale hunting by Japan on July 1 after a hiatus of more than 30 years. The move to restart commercial whaling has defied calls from conservation groups to protect the animals, which were once hunted to the brink of extinction. [ Photo: IC]"

Elementary school students watch the dissection of a Baird's beaked whale at a port in Minamiboso in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, on Thursday, July 18, 2019. It followed the resumption of commercial whale hunting by Japan on July 1 after a hiatus of more than 30 years. The move to restart commercial whaling has defied calls from conservation groups to protect the animals, which were once hunted to the brink of extinction. [ Photo: IC]"