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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.

Latest news on the situation:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/20/sea-shepherds-paul-watson-hopes-ambassador-kennedys-dennouncement-of-dolphin-hunting-will-have-impact/

http://www.ibtimes.com/sea-shepherd-250-bottlenose-dolphins-rounded-killing-cove-rare-albino-captured-1543891

http://www.theage.com.au/environment/us-ambassador-intervenes-in-taiji-cove-dolphin-hunt-20140120-3146r.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/taiji-cove-250-bottlenose-dolphins-await-slaughter-or-captivity-as-selection-begins-9069283.html

http://www.news.com.au/world/dolphins-trapped-for-slaughter-in-japanese-village-from-the-cove/story-fndir2ev-1226805038737

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http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/business/wa/a/20787632/mass-sheep-death-on-horror-voyage/

Mass sheep death on horror voyage

The live export industry is in crisis amid revelations thousands of sheep from farms in WA and the eastern States died in extreme heat during a horror voyage to the Middle East on a ship which was back in Fremantle loading animals in 40C conditions last weekend.

The death of about 4000 sheep exported by Livestock Shipping Services on the Bader 3 has sparked calls for a major overhaul of the live animal trade.

Federal authorities are investigating the deaths, which occurred about five months ago but were not made public. It is believed the sheep, loaded in WA’s winter, died of heat stress over a short period as summer temperatures in the Gulf soared.

Live exporters and livestock producers are already bracing for the fallout from multiple investigations into alleged breaches of animal welfare regulations.

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry is expected to release a raft of long-awaited findings as early as today.

A number of investigations involve Jordanian-owned LSS, which is based in Perth.

LSS general manager Garry Robinson confirmed yesterday there had been an incident on the Bader 3 in August.

“The incident was unusual and unexpected. It was a normal shipment but an abnormal environmental period,” he said.

Mr Robinson defended the loading of the Bader 3 last weekend, saying DAFF and State officials had monitored the loading.

“We monitored the temperature hourly at the feedlot, on the trucks, at port and on the ship,” he said. “There was a management plan in place and that is part of the normal process.”

DAFF investigates shipments where the on-board mortality rate is above 2 per cent for sheep and 0.5 per cent for cattle. The mortality rate on the Bader 3 shipment was about 5 per cent.

The overall mortality rate for 2.2 million sheep exported in 2012 was 0.88 per cent. Labor MP Alannah MacTiernan yesterday called on the Federal Government to introduce heavy fines for exporters who breached animal welfare standards and the appointment of an independent watchdog to oversee the industry.

Ms MacTiernan said that under existing regulations DAFF could only punish exporters by removing export licences and it appeared unwilling to take such strong action.

“It is time for a structured regime of fines that DAFF is prepared to implement,” she said. “Removing export licences is such a big-ticket move it is never enforced.”

Ms MacTiernan said the heat risk assessment model used by DAFF was “totally inadequate” and had been heavily criticised by leading veterinarians. Deadly journey 4000 The number of sheep believed to have died of heat stress on the Bader 3.

SAV comment:

Please watch the video and hear the single here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JpLb4cUvtU

** Warning – Video shows scenes of extreme animal cruelty **

‘The Black Spurs’ are:

Bo Leggins, GG Twang, Dustee Bottomz, George Stickman and Chops McGraw.

The following are all links to ‘The Black Spurs’:

www.theblackspurs.com.au

http://animalsaustralia.org/features/black-spurs.php

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/The-Black-Spurs/257521500927981

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JpLb4cUvtU

http://www.reverbnation.com/blackspurs

Video of Sydney Rally

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs4nXMiEN8A

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