Thirty-five dolphins were slaughtered in Taiji Bay. The Japanese hunters have spared no one: neither puppies, nor pregnant females
Tied up by the fins and then killed everyone: female, pregnant, male dolphins and even cubs. The umpteenth massacre takes place in the death bay of Taiji, in the Japanese prefecture of Wakayama where 35 specimens of peponocephalus, cetaceans of the Delphinidae family were killed by Japanese hunters.
“The hunters found this pack offshore, but they quickly brought it into the bay. Once trapped, the frightened dolphins curled up against each other to console and reassure themselves. But the hunters brought all the members of this group under the tarpaulins, and it was a massacre ", writes on social media the Ric O’barry’s Dolphin Project that for years has been fighting against these useless massacres.
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Even in recent days, as the images on social media testify, there had been other massacres of dolphins, a slaughter well reported in the documentary film The Cove, Oscar 2010 which for the first time denounced on the big screen, this profitable hunt from part of the Japanese.
Posted by Dolphin Project on Monday, February 10, 2020
Posted by Dolphin Project on Monday, February 10, 2020
“For these sensitive, intelligent, self-aware and intensely social animals, the level of suffering throughout the entire process, from hunting to slaughter, is unimaginable. Today no life has been spared, and this is the price of imprisonment. Dolphins are sold or killed which is why these hunts remain profitable, and that is what supports these massacres financially. Do not be accomplices ”, writes the organization again.
Taiji's dolphin hunts are financially driven by the demand for captive dolphins. Yesterday, 4 wild bottlenose dolphins were brutally taken from their family group, to be trained to be performers in dolphin shows, swim-with programs and other captive encounters. Please share this footage with your friends and followers and urge them to pledge NOT to see dolphins in captivity: dolphin.fyi/DolphinPledge#DolphinProject #ThanksButNoTanks
Posted by Dolphin Project on Wednesday, February 12, 2020
It is not the first time that we have talked about the dolphin hunt which takes place annually and starts in September. Most of the specimens are slaughtered on site to use the meat for food, while others are collected and sold to aquariums and marine parks. The hunt lasts six months, during which it is possible to kill and capture up to 1700 specimens.
Posted by Dolphin Project on Monday, February 10, 2020
Posted by Dolphin Project on Monday, February 10, 2020
The bay of Taiji has now become the bay of death because its waters are tinged with red more and more often: the fishing boats force the dolphins into a bottleneck which they then close with some nets. Here the waters are shallow and unfortunately they quickly turn red. And what follows is truly heartbreaking.
Fonti: Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project
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