"One of the saddest things I've ever seen." Thus comments the slow agony of a female pilot whale, captured and imprisoned in the bay of Taiji, Martyn Stewart, guardian of the Bay for Sea Shepeherd in this dolphin hunting season, who, together with other activists, is documenting with videos and photos the sad and cruel massacre in an attempt to raise awareness and put an end to it.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him
"One of the saddest things I've ever seen". So comments on the slow agony of one female pilot whale, or Globicephala melaena, also known as the pilot whale, captured and imprisoned in Taiji Bay, Martyn Stewart, guardian of the Bay for Sea Shepeherd in this dolphin hunting season, who, together with other activists, is documenting the sad and cruel slaughter with videos and photos in an attempt to raise awareness and end it.
“This beautiful pilot whale is dying all alone tonight and not there is no one to take care of her“, Says the guardian in a post on his facebook page. The dolphin, chosen for a life without freedom in some dolphinarium around the world, was captured in the past few hours and is now very ill. In the video he clearly sees how can barely float, always turned on the same side. Beside her there is also her little one, who chases her and turns around her in despair.
Both are sunburned that, in those shallow waters and without the possibility of diving, gives them no respite. The tiny tank that measures just twice the size of the cetacean has been transformed into an oven. “I recently left them, because I was exhausted and without water for hours, let's imagine what it means for all these dolphins to be under this sun! They brought some ice and they spray water to cool them, as if it works! They try to put out the London fires by peeing on them, ”explains Stewart.
Mom and son, after being brutally separated from their family, were treated with drugs, because otherwise whoever caught them could lose the purchase order from the dolphinaria. "Watching the mother with her baby fight for life is extremely difficult to monitor, I feel so damn useless to be here to shoot videos and take pictures of their situation. The instructors come and go, scratching their heads, without having any idea what to do ", says one of the last post of the keeper, who this morning reveals how the hunters managed to trap well 100 dolphins in one run, in “one of the largest pilot whale catches I've ever seen in Taiji in over 3 years“.
"We are the cause of his suffering, because we allow that to happen. Now it is evening and this animal will not survive the night, but you will wake up ", explain the writings that accompany the moving video. And when you wake up what will you do? "Be the voice of the voiceless –Exhorts-. Do not visit the dolphinaria and entertainment facilities that exploit animals. Let each animal wake up from its night and savor a new day. Before it's too late".
