Japan's dolphin massacre begins

Moonie · Post by **Moonie** » November 15, 2006 6:20 pm

Japan recently launched its annual mass dolphin slaughter - allowing "fishermen" to round up and butcher tens of thousands of dolphins.
Help stop the hunts: http://go.care2.com/e/R1WC/ApcI/pK7U

The ocean turns red with blood when the dolphins are trapped and brutally killed.

Researchers have identified dolphins as one of the few non-human species that posesses "self-awareness," or the ability to know that one exists. Yet, during drive hunts, fishermen panic and confuse migrating dolphin pods and other small whales with loud banging, then herd them by the hundreds, into shallow coves. There, the dolphins lie helpless as their pod-members are slaughtered one by one.

According to The Ocean Project, every year, some 20,000 small cetaceans (some endangered) are killed or taken in these drives, some illegally. The animals include bottlenose dolphins, striped dolphins, spotted dolphins, Risso's dolphins, short-finned pilot whales, white-sided dolphins, and false killer whales.

The hunts have been universally condemned by marine experts around the world as brutal, inhumane, and unsustainable, but we need to exert more pressure before Japan makes any changes.

One dolphin supporter with the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society reported on the Risso dolphin hunt just days ago from Taiji, Japan:
"The dolphins are breathing, they are coming up and then swimming just below the surface, surfacing quite frequently, as this would be a sign of stress. I can only imagine the state of horror, shock and confusion that these poor animals are in now. [...] [T]he feeling of helplessness and horror is really hard to describe to you. This is an ultimately sad, tragic scene, and these dolphins will be pushed into a small bay tomorrow and killed."

help protect the dolphins: http://go.care2.com/e/R1WC/ApcI/pK7U

jackiesic · Post by **jackiesic** » November 15, 2006 6:58 pm

oh, this made me sick to read it

CrznDnUS1 · Post by **CrznDnUS1** » November 15, 2006 7:08 pm

This is disgusting. What's the matter with them?

Carolinadreamin' · Post by **Carolinadreamin'** » November 15, 2006 7:18 pm

What would possibly possess people to do this?

Moonie · Post by **Moonie** » November 15, 2006 7:33 pm

Competition for fish..and they sell it as whale meat in Japan.......

they've almost completely depleated the fishing waters in and around Japan...

live2ski · Post by **live2ski** » November 15, 2006 7:33 pm

Food source.

Moonie do you live in Japan?

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » November 15, 2006 7:36 pm

live2ski wrote:Food source.

Moonie do you live in Japan?

I hear baby harp seal is pretty good.. kinda like veal, but gamier....

Moonie · Post by **Moonie** » November 15, 2006 8:13 pm

live2ski wrote:Food source.

Moonie do you live in Japan?

yes, I do...Beerman, yes...I certainly do...

12vmanRick · Post by **12vmanRick** » November 15, 2006 9:05 pm

I wonder if dolphin safe tuna will decrease in price now

longlinergirl · Post by **longlinergirl** » November 16, 2006 8:42 am

12vmanRick wrote:I wonder if dolphin safe tuna will decrease in price now

Well if there aren't any dolphin, it'll be cheaper to catch...
thats horrible...sorry Moonie

carolinagirl · Post by **carolinagirl** » November 16, 2006 9:36 am

I signed the petition... Thanks Moonie!

Moonie · Post by **Moonie** » November 16, 2006 4:53 pm

longlinergirl wrote:
12vmanRick wrote:I wonder if dolphin safe tuna will decrease in price now
Well if there aren't any dolphin, it'll be cheaper to catch...
thats horrible...sorry Moonie

I know that you're kidding..and that you don't seriously mean that...

for real...

and thank You ..cg..

CapnK · Post by **CapnK** » November 17, 2006 9:24 am

RinglingRingling wrote:
live2ski wrote:Food source.

Moonie do you live in Japan?
I hear baby harp seal is pretty good.. kinda like veal, but gamier....

as long as you don't over-club it. Makes it tough.

longlinergirl · Post by **longlinergirl** » November 17, 2006 9:26 am

CapnK wrote:
RinglingRingling wrote:
live2ski wrote:Food source.

Moonie do you live in Japan?
I hear baby harp seal is pretty good.. kinda like veal, but gamier....
as long as you don't over-club it. Makes it tough.

wouldn't it be like tenderizing it?

NYCsharkling · Post by **NYCsharkling** » November 17, 2006 1:44 pm

I hate people!