Time's Up for Dolphins in Taiji
There's a little town in Japan called Taiji which used to seem like an unremarkable place with Buddhist temples, a whale museum, fishermen and a verdant national park nestled around a small cove. It used to have a big secret, too. Through the award-winning documentary, The Cove, the bloody secret of this town has been exposed to the world. Beginning September 1st through March 23,000 dolphins and porpoises are slaughtered. With the world watching,Taiji is now at the epicenter of an ongoing battle to stop this horrible practice. The thousands of dolphins are routinely rounded up by fisherman and driven into the cove. There, they are chosen by dolphin trainers for a destitute life in a tank somewhere around the globe or a swim-with dolphin program. The so-called less appealing ones are chopped up and found neatly stacked in styrofoam trays in Japanese supermarkets (often mislabeled as whale meat). Most Japanese people are completely unaware of what is happening in Taiji. While Taiji might be thousands of miles away, there's much you can do right now to help stop this slaughter. 1. Send a letter to Obama Administration officials and the Japanese Ambassador to the US 2. Ask others to get involved. 3. As a tourist, think twice before you participate in a swim-with-dolphin program or visit a captive dolphin. There's a good chance such an animal could be from Taiji. 4. See the Cove! It's a beautiful, engaging, enthralling and fascinating film that will keep you on the edge of your seat. The secret is out. The slaughter has begun in Taiji. We can all take action now to shut the cove down.
- Categories: Environment
Please stop the dolphin drives and dolphing slaughters.
Dolphin meat, which is high in mercury content, should not be served to Japanese children at school.
Dolplhin drives and dolphin slaughters bring dishonor to the Japanese people!!!.
Japan, the world is watching!!. The dolphin slaughter at Taiji and other dolphin drives bring dishonor to the Japanese people.
Japan, The world is watching in horror. Please stop this brutality.
I'd just like to add that we should NOT boycott Japan. We have an opportunity to educate the world (including the majority of Japanese who do not know this is happening). We need to work with Japanese citizens to shut Taiji down rather than boycott the country.
Just Boycott JAPAN... They make a big massacre on all seas... They have to stop and stop now...
WE CAN STOP THIS...."O YES WE CAN" BOYCOTT ALL JAPANESE AUTOMOBILE PURCHASES , ALL TRIPS TO JAPAN, ALL PRODUCTS PRODUCED IN JAPAN. THEN ...GET SERIOUS AND MAKE THEIR CAPTURES OF THESE DOLPHINS IMPOSSIBLE,,,,FORM A HUMAN CHAIN COMPLETELY SURROUNDING THE PLACE THEY SLAUGHTER....JAPANESE PEOPLE NEED TO COME TOGETHER TO DO THIS ...THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING! "FIGHT " !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Help this community find another way to sustain themselves. I am sure that money is behind this bloody practice.
Cancelling trip to Japan...
Stop doing this now, no need in this 21st century!!!!
Stop doing this now, no need in this 21st century!!!!
An interesting video I found on the whaling in other part of the world (maybe they stopped? I don't know)
I can’t say if this is right or wrong because I eat meat. To me raising Cow/Pig/Chicken in a farm is no better than whaling like this. I don’t see how humane we can be because we are killing the animal. Here, we let the animal run around in the farm and give them all the food they ever want to eat… then we chop their head after several months. Sad but true.
What happens when a hypocrite and a liar actually has something to say this time?
Ric O'Barry is a grandstanding fool and a hypocrite that has embellished his credentials and experience to garner press and make money off the activist movement for the last 30 years. If you want to know more about him follow this link to read about how he almost killed two dolphins he released illegally. publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases99/june99/noaa99r134.html
That being said, what is happening in Taiji is disgusting and deserves condemnation. The slaughter is an outdated and outlandish practice that serves no one.
I created a petition to include dolphins and porpoises in the International Whale Conservation and Protection Act of 2009, currently before the U.S. House of Representatives. Sign it here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/dolphins-are-whales-too and send it to all your friends to sign, too. Ric, you're an inspiration!
Please stop this harsh action! Dolphins are harmless and beautiful
While watching this film, shoulders hunched, nails bit into my palm, face twitched, teeth ground, tears ran down face, and my heart... gone. THIS MUST STOP!
I wish everyone go see it, or at least, be aware of it and do something about it. It really aches to know that right now, at this moment, hundreds and thousands of dolphins are being killed. It's totally insane!
The Cove is a thought altering movie that stays with you every waking moment. It's not about 'shock and awe' activism but a reality based awakening.
Follow the links here and join our cause Stop the Brutal Slaughter of the Dolphins of Taiji..
just go to:
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/326919?m=f951a7e5
Spread the Word!! Kick it up! Tell your friends!
YOU can help clear the red waters of Taiji...
Joseph Bolanos
New York City
I am shocked!
Twice in my life I've had the amazing experience of swimming with dolphins. They came when I needed them swam in a circle around me, the people on the beach applauded as though they were at SeaWorld as the dolphins jumped around me cheering me up! My kindred spirits!
Time to move forward and start remembering who we really are
WE CAN STOP THIS!
what is wrong with the japanese culture?
whales, dolphins, are they eating people too?
Stop this barbaric practice! Save Our Dolphins From Slaughter!
Just watched two of these beautiful creatures swim through Newport Harbor the other day.
Just for today, I will be kind to every living creature.
Such a call to action this documentary movie presents!! I hope and pray that all who read this will follow the links, see the movie, take action..what's happening in Taiji is horrific...so many beautiful creatures..butchered...please help.
please prevent this needless massacre from happening
I am at this moment watching the most amazing show called how Dolphins saved my life.
A pod of Dolphins saved some swimmers in the Ocean in New Zealand, they circled a for forty minutes to saved the swimmers from a Great White attack!!! These animals are Hero's an have more empathy then most humans. Please find it in your heart to fight for these brilliant, empathic Dolphins. Thank you
It's time to stop senseless killing of our fellow creatures