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Season Over for Taiji’s Dolphin Drive Hunts
Dolphin Project can confirm that February 28 was the last day of Taiji, Japan’s dolphin drive hunts for the 2022/23 season. As
read moreWill Japan Ever Acknowledge Dolphins’ Suffering?
Each year from approximately September 1 to March 1, a large-scale hunt of dolphins takes place in the small village of Taiji,
read moreDolphin Exploitation, Not Tradition
When a species is harassed, chased, hunted and slaughtered; when parents are killed and the young are left to fend for themselves;
read moreTown of Taiji Sued Over Dolphin Dealings
Just mere days before the 2022/23 dolphin hunting season is anticipated to commence, the town of Taiji, Japan is being sued. Ren
read moreTaiji’s Massive Captive Dolphin Inventory
Taiji, Japan: It might take a moment to realize that each pen documented in our cover image contains a captive dolphin. Some
read moreTaiji’s Dolphin Drive Hunts End for Season
Untold Suffering of Taiji’s Risso’s Dolphins
TAIJI: Even to this day, after years of witnessing and documenting the brutal drive hunts in Taiji, Japan, the level of cruelty
read moreMinke Whale Drowned in Set Nets
TAIJI: After slaughtering a minke whale almost a year ago to the day, another has died in Taiji’s fishing nets. On January
read moreMother’s Slaughtered, Babies Dumped at Sea
Taiji, 11/15/21 – It took a full four hours for Taiji, Japan’s dolphin hunters to terrorize, exhaust and drive in a nursery pod
read moreOcean Park (Part I): Drive Bargains and Epidemics
Hong Kong’s oldest theme park, Ocean Park, announced in January 2020 they would end their dolphin performances, as part of their “strategic
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