Category Archives: Japan
19Mar
(Crowd) rise up on behalf of dolphins!
Whether you’re climbing 5895 meters (that’s a full 1000 meters from the highest point in Europe), biking solo 3600 kilometers across Japan, jumping
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07Mar
One Pod’s Story: A Tragic Migration Past Taiji
Imagine seeing nothing for miles and miles, other than a vast ocean. That’s how the oceanic zone could be described – an
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01Mar
Taiji’s Dolphin Hunting Season Has Ended
For immediate release: March 1, 2018 TAIJI – Dolphin Project can confirm that on March 1, Taiji’s drive hunts ended for the
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25Feb
Hamata’s Suffering is Every Captive Dolphin’s Suffering
Taiji: Each year as part of Dolphin Project’s Cove Monitor activities to raise awareness about dolphin captivity, I visit the Taiji Whale Museum. In November
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19Feb
Taiji’s First Capture of Pacific White-Sided Dolphins
Taiji, 2-19-18: With only days left of the 2017/18 dolphin hunting season, Taiji’s hunters hit another payday with the season’s first capture of
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17Jan
An Attack on the Senses
Taiji, 1/16/18: For the fourth time this season, Taiji, Japan’s dolphin hunters successfully forced an unsuspecting pod of striped dolphins into The
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02Jan
A Tale of Two Risso’s
Under the cover of darkness, a squid quietly pulls water into its mantle cavity and forces it out through its siphon. Jet
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31Dec
My Time in Taiji: Telling Their Stories
Taiji – a place with amazing sunrises, beautiful landscapes, townspeople that say good morning, and school children that wave hello. It’s also ground
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30Dec
13Dec
Taiji’s Dolphin Hunts too Cruel to be ‘Normalized’
On December 11, 2017, “The Guardian” published an article entitled “Not ashamed: dolphin hunters of Taiji break silence over film The Cove.”
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