Column: Let's finally put an end to dolphin hunting
Dolphin hunters off the coast of Taiji, Japan,
kill the marine mammals after using noise to herd them toward
shore.
Times (2008)
From September through March, every year,
in the coastal waters near the small Japanese village of Taiji, a
gruesome dolphin hunt takes place. Hunters aboard speedboats use noise
to herd schools of dolphins toward shore, corralling them in a cove
where they are surrounded by nets, manhandled by divers, and most are
killed. They are killed by driving a metal rod into the dolphin's neck
vertebrae to try to sever the spinal cord — a method that has been
strongly condemned for its cruelty. The hunt has become better known to
the world thanks to the Academy Award-winning film The Cove.
Fishermen slaughter about 1,000 of these marine mammals in drive hunts each year, and the majority are butchered for their meat. But some are taken alive and sold to the aquarium trade — something akin to a black market of organizations that work outside the guidelines of the accredited zoological community.
In spite of the international outcry from many, including the world's leading zoos and aquariums, wildlife conservation and welfare groups and millions of outraged people, the Japanese government continues to issue permits for these dolphin hunts. (The same nation is also an outlier in allowing commercial whaling under the guise of science.)
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Fishermen slaughter about 1,000 of these marine mammals in drive hunts each year, and the majority are butchered for their meat. But some are taken alive and sold to the aquarium trade — something akin to a black market of organizations that work outside the guidelines of the accredited zoological community.
In spite of the international outcry from many, including the world's leading zoos and aquariums, wildlife conservation and welfare groups and millions of outraged people, the Japanese government continues to issue permits for these dolphin hunts. (The same nation is also an outlier in allowing commercial whaling under the guise of science.)
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