village_idiot Posted September 12, 2009 #1 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Some progress has been made in Taiji, Japan this month after years of horrendous slaughter. While 50 pilot whales were rounded up and slaughtered to be packaged into whale meat, many of the dolphins rounded up are set to be released.Read more... NOTE: IF YOU ARE ANTI-SEA SHEPHERD, PLEASE DO NOT READ THIS AS YOU MAY BE INCLINED TO DISAGREE And here we see some progress being made...May the 50 pilot whales rest in peace, however... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptoman Posted September 13, 2009 #2 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Well, you know what they say: "baby steps". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
behaviour??? Posted September 13, 2009 #3 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Particularly a hangout of the Anti-Sea shepherd....Any ways...As you said may they rest in peace Thanks B??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cetacea Posted September 14, 2009 #4 Share Posted September 14, 2009 (edited) NOTE: IF YOU ARE ANTI-SEA SHEPHERD, PLEASE DO NOT READ THIS AS YOU MAY BE INCLINED TO DISAGREE And here we see some progress being made...May the 50 pilot whales rest in peace, however... you do realise the reason people are anti-Sea Shepherd is that they are pro-conservation Hence against the drive hunts in Japan as they are completely non-sensical and their ecological impacts have not been assessed. Also note this is not Sea Shepherd's doing Quite apart from that I don't consider dolphins being sold off to slavery as a success, nor is it a new development, in fact the captive industry is what is driving the drive hunts, the money they get from the live dolphins far outstrips any profits made from dolphin meat, real progress would be to ban aquarias from purchasing from drive hunts. I would like to think the release of dolphins is due to publicity by conservation work and films like the Cove, but most likely it's more due to the declining demand of dolphin meat as the high toxicity is becoming more well known. Another a bit more detailed article, including the connection to captivity as well: Japanese Town In 'The Cove' Setting Dolphins Free TOKYO — The Japanese town chronicled in the award-winning film "The Cove" for its annual dolphin hunt that turns coastal waters red with blood has suspended killing the animals – at least for this week's catch – following an international outcry. The western Japanese town of Taiji will sell some of the animals to aquariums as it does every year, but the remainder of the 100 bottlenose dolphins that were caught early Wednesday in the first catch of the season are to be released. In the past, they were killed and sold for meat. More here Edited September 14, 2009 by Cetacea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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