| THE DOLPHIN
HORROR STORY
Every year more than 20,000 dolphins,
whales, and porpoises are killed by Japan. This is the
largest deliberate slaughter of dolphins in the world.
In Taiji Bay, a picturesque tourist attraction, Japanese
fishermen employ "drive fishery" to force
dolphins and other sea mammals ashore then hack them
to death, slashing their throats and stabbing them with
spears and knives repeatedly.
Fishermen go out in boats to known
dolphin migratory routes. Positioning their boats strategically,
they space out to form a line and wait for the dolphins.
When the dolphins arrive, the fishermen drop long metal
pipes into the water, and by banging on the pipes they
create a wall of sound. The sound interferes with the
dolphins' ability to navigate - it disorients and panics
them. The dolphins swim away from the sound, and the
fisherman maneuver their boats herding them into a small
shallow bay. Once in the bay, nets are drawn across
the mouth of the bay to keep them penned in. Dolphins
will not abandon these wounded family members and so
they are trapped and brutally killed.
Even though dolphins are among the
world's most intelligent animals, the fishermen view
the animals as "pests" who compete for fish.
The Japanese fishermen use threats
and violence to keep tourists and others away from the
bay, knowing that their fellow citizens and the world-at-large
would oppose them. The Japanese government issues permits
to allow this massacre. The government and fishermen
are so secretive that the majority of Japanese people
don't even know the slaughter occurs.
After the massacre, the bodies of
the dolphins are taken to a slaughter house to be butchered.
The meat is severely contaminated with pollutants but
is sold without warnings in supermarkets in Japan -
supermarkets often owned by US and European chains.
We need your help to stop this senseless killing.
“THE
DOLPHIN AND BABY SEAL SLAUGHTER MOVIES” |
