Stop the Dolphine Slaughter
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Stop the Dolphine Slaughter
On Wednesday 20th September 2006, an international day of protest has been organised to speak out against the annual slaughter of dolphins in Japanese waters. Across the globe, thousands of concerned citizens will gather outside Japanese embassies to take part in a peaceful demonstration against the continuation of these hunts. Every year, over 20,000 dolphins and small whales are killed in 'drive' hunts and in recent years, these hunts have increasingly come under international scrutiny, prompting concern from bodies such as the International Whaling Commission (IWC), on both welfare and conservation grounds. In the last 20 years, over 400,000 small cetaceans have been killed in Japanese waters. During the drive hunts dolphins and small whales are rounded up using boats and driven into shallow water where they are killed for their products. During the annual hunt in Taiji and Futo, most of the dolphins are stabbed and slashed on the spot, before being loaded onto trucks, sometimes still conscious, to be processed into meat and fertiliser. Young dolphins are 'saved' and sold on to captive marine mammal facilities in Japan and abroad - destined for a life of misery. Many fisherman have admitted that they would not continue the drive fisheries if it were not for the high prices offered by the captivity industry for wild dolphins. For more information please visit http://www.earthisland.org/saveTaijiDolphins/
YouTube | September 21, 2006
