Tag Archives: Dolphin Slaughter
10Nov
Taiji: Season’s First Hunt of Melon-Headed Whales
Taiji, 11-10-19: A brutal captive selection and slaughter of melon-headed whales broke a streak of 24 days of ‘Blue Coves’ where no successful
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03Oct
Court: O’Barry Free to Return to Japan
For immediate release: October 3, 2019 TOKYO – Three years and eight months after Ric O’Barry was deported from Japan, the Tokyo
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16Sep
Dolphin Project Returns to the Cove
On September 1, individuals across the world took to the streets and stood up on behalf of dolphins. While you held up
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11Sep
Pilot Whales Slaughtered; Drafted Into Captivity
Taiji, Japan, 9-11-19: It’s been a tragic start to the dolphin hunting season here in Taiji. The month is not even half
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02Sep
First Red Cove of Season; Risso’s Dolphins Slaughtered
Taiji, Japan 9/2/19 – On just the second day of the 2019/20 dolphin hunting season in Taiji, Japan, hunters were successful in locating
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21May
Did Dolphins Die for Your Tuna Sandwich?
I remember reading this very headline back in 1990, around the time the three major tuna canneries – StarKist, Bumble Bee Foods
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28Feb
Season Ends for Taiji’s Dolphin Hunts
For immediate release: March 1, 2019 TAIJI – Officials have confirmed to Dolphin Project that on March 1, the 2018/19 drive season
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22Feb
Orphaned Risso’s Dolphins Dumped at Sea
Tragedy struck again in Taiji on February 14 when the hunters captured a nursery pod of 10 Risso’s dolphins. Four of them
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14Feb
Japanese Activists File Lawsuit Against Taiji
Recently Dolphin Project had the opportunity to talk with Ren Yabuki of Life Investigation Agency (LIA). LIA focuses on animal advocacy within
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29Jan