STOP MASS DOLPHIN MASSACRE IN JAPAN

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STOP MASS DOLPHIN MASSACRE IN JAPAN

 

Every year from October through April fishermen in some remote Japanese

villages eradicate about 20,000 dolphins and porpoises in the most brutal

way imaginable. This is the largest massacre of cetaceans anywhere in the

world. The fishermen have told us they kill the dolphins primarily as a form

of " pest control. " They say the dolphins eat too many fish, and they need to

eradicate the competition.

 

If the fishermen didn't get a permit from Tokyo, they would have to stop the

killings immediately. We need to let the Japanese authorities know that

these crimes against nature are unacceptable to the rest of the world.

Therefore, we have organized a world-wide protest to send a powerful message

to the Japanese government: STOP THE DOLPHIN SLAUGHTER.

 

The Japanese government and fishermen say dolphin hunting is part of

Japanese culture. In reality, however, the majority of the Japanese

population doesn't know the dolphin slaughter exists. If they knew, they

would help us stop it. Our team has traveled to Japanese fishing villages

several times to document and expose the dolphin massacres to the Japanese

people -- and the fishermen have done all they can to hide their bloody work

from our cameras. They don't want the Japanese people to know the truth.

" It's none of their business, " they say.

 

Our Japanese colleagues tell us that outside pressure can stop the dolphin

slaughter.

 

The only way to stop the dolphin slaughter is to keep monitoring,

advocating, filming, and bringing attention to it.

 

One of the main reasons that the killing continues is that very few people —

in Japan and around the world — even know it is happening.

 

When the drive is over each day, the bodies of the dolphins are hauled away

to the slaughterhouse for processing. Our team tries to photograph the

butchering in order to get information out to the Japanese people, but we

are constantly blocked by the Taiji dolphin killers.

 

The fishermen don’t want the public to know about their dirty, little

secret, so they spend a lot of time hiding their activities.

 

We urgently need your help to stop it!

 

Send a message to the International Marine Animal Trainers Association to

stop doing business with the Taiji dolphin killers:

Act Now!

 

http://www.earthisland.org/saveTaijiDolphins/action.cfm?aaID=199

 

Send a message to members of the Japanese government – Natoional, regional,

and local urging immediate cessation of the drive fishery and immediately

prohibition of the sale of heavily contaminated dolphin meat:

http://www.earthisland.org/saveTaijiDolphins/takeActionContacts.html

 

sample letter: http://www.seashepherd.org/taiji/taiji_letters_addresses.html

 

Photos [graphic]:

 

http://www.seashepherd.org/taiji/taiji_ruthless_killing.html

 

Videos [graphic]:

 

http://www.seashepherd.org/taiji/taiji_video.html