Japanese Dolphin Slaughter – The Cove
Photo – APF
SAV Comment 20/1/14 – Unconfirmed, but we are hearing that the mother of the very rare albino calf killed herself trying to protect her baby from being captured by the Japanese. We assume that at the moment the baby calf is still alive and will no doubt be sold off to the Marine theme park which makes the biggest financial offer for it. Boycott everything to do with these pathetic facilities of animal cruelty and abuse. If people have to go to one of these places to be ‘entertained’, then they must lead very sad and depressing lives ! – and Japan; we HATE YOU.
(CNN) — More than 200 bottlenose dolphins spent a second day penned in a cove by Japanese fishermen, U.S. conservationists said Sunday, many of them stressed and bloodied from their attempts to escape.
The dolphins will spend a third night without food or rest in Taiji Cove before the fishermen likely start to slaughter them Monday for meat, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said.
Until now, the fishermen have focused on selecting dolphins to be sold into captivity at marine parks and aquariums in Japan and overseas, the conservation group said.
Twenty-five dolphins, including a rare albino calf, were taken on Saturday “to a lifetime of imprisonment,” and another 12 on Sunday, the group said. Two dolphins have died in the process.
Environmental activists have been monitoring activities in the cove in southwest Japan, which is a focal point of the Taiji community’s annual dolphin hunting season.
Although the hunting of dolphins is widely condemned in the west, Japanese defend the practice as a local custom — and say it is no different to the slaughter of other animals for meat.
Caroline Kennedy, the recently installed U.S. ambassador to Japan, tweeted that she is “deeply concerned by inhumaneness of drive hunt dolphin killing.”
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has been live-streaming video of events in the cove and posting frequent updates on Twitter.
“Many of the 200+ Bottlenose dolphins who are in still the cove are visibly bloody & injured from their attempts to escape the killers,” one update Sunday said.
Another appealed for people to do their part to end the demand for dolphins captured from the wild.
“Dolphin slaughter in Taiji continues because of the captive trade. Please do not support aquariums & parks with marine mammals,” it said.
Updated CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/19/world/asia/japan-dolphin-hunt/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/19/world/asia/japan-dolphin-hunt/index.html
http://news.yahoo.com/us-envoy-kennedy-tweets-concern-japanese-dolphin-hunt-070018067.html
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/In-Japan-250-bottlenose-dolphins-await-slaughter-or-captivity/articleshow/29063851.cms
Global Websites of Japanese Embassies, Consulates and Permanent Missions:
http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/mofaserv.html
Please contact them in your country (using the above) to express your disgust at what is happening.
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