On September 1, Japan recommenced the ruthless 'War Against Nature' and the dolphins. It's brutal, vile and shocking. It's an insatiable bloodlust that's driven by a disgusting sense of entitlement and illicit, obscene profits. Scientists have documented these atrocities and reported that dolphins experience the highest level of pain, trauma, and distress.
Join Earth Dr Reese Halter from Los Angeles for another segment of SOS as he shows us the shameful ecocide taking place in the Taiji Cove, Japan.
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It's time to end the Taiji drive-hunting -- It's evil. The dolphins, by the way, are laced with toxicity, unsafe for human consumption. Photo credit: the guardian.com
This heartless brutality is ecocide. In the past 70 years, Japan has annihilated over one million cetaceans (whales and dolphins). The 2014 Taiji kill quota numbers were released in August. One thousand nine hundred and thirty eight cetacean death warrant were issued for 2014-2015, including 70 false killer whales, 114 short-finned pilot whales, 134 Pacific white-sided dolphins, 261 Risso dolphins, 400 Pantropical spotted dolphins, 450 striped dolphins, and 509 bottlenose dolphins.
These deranged bloodbaths begin by lowering metal poles into the sea and banging them incessantly. These awful noises frighten dolphins and disrupt their ability to communicate amongst the pod.
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Anxious dolphins are herded into the narrow Taiji Cove where sociopathic ocean-killers savagely attack them with daggers. Photo credit: bps.twitmag.com
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Last year an albino dolphin known as Angel was ripped away from her mother and condemned to float in a small, dark cement tank in the Taiji Whale Museum. Photo credit: SeaShepherd.org
The best looking dolphins are isolated from the pod and sold as slaves to dolphinariums. These magnificent sentient creatures are penned-up, drugged and electrocuted into submission. They are sentenced to a miserable existence, entertaining crass consumers.
In 2013, Japan sold 158 dolphins into slavery, at an average price of $140,000; that's over $22 million from animal kidnapping and extreme cruelty. Moreover, organized crime is profiting from this loathsome cetacean slavery industry.
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This unconscionable cruelty is unacceptable! Photo credit: the inertia.com
The oceans and all sealife, in fact, belong to the commons. Japan is plundering the ocean, and because they are currently an economic superpower all other nations are turning a blind eye. That's why Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is involved, there's no worldwide government agency upholding international laws and protecting sealife. Biodiversity in the ocean is being significantly diminished, globally. The strength of the ocean depends upon the abundance of biodiversity, which is all interconnected. Prolonged looting is quickly killing Earth's oceans -- our life support system. And as Captain Paul Watson, the founder of Sea Shepherd, correctly says "If the oceans die, we die."
Dolphins are 'Doctors of the Sea' they keep populations of their prey fit by culling the old and weak. Dolphins prevent diseases from becoming epidemics.
It's time to end this senseless ecocide and protect the 'Doctors of the Sea.'
An intrepid Australian conservationist, Sarah Lucas, founded Australia for Dolphins. Lucas is seeking seven million yen in damages over claims that she and her father were "rudely and aggressively escorted" from the Taiji Whale Museum in February of 2013.
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Australia For Dolphins (AFD) vs Taiji Whale Museum. AFD's Sarah Lucas being interviewed outside Wakayama City Court House after preliminary hearing. Photo credit: wn.com
A second hearing in the Action for Angel lawsuit is taking place in Japan on September 16. The Action for Angel lawsuit asserts that the Taiji government, as the owner and operator of the Taiji Whale Museum, is behaving illegally by refusing entrance to law-abiding people based on their appearance. This conduct is a violation of the Japanese constitution, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race. If successful, the Action for Angel lawsuit will open the Taiji Whale Museum to animal welfare observers.
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Dolphins from Taiji are kidnapped, tortured and sold as slaves to dolphinariums, and its bloody wrong. Photo credit: careforthewild.com
Please, say "NO" to purchasing any tickets for dolphinariums.
Support Australia for Dolphins and Sea Shepherd Cove Guardians.
Join Earth Dr Reese Halter in his crusade to protect our planet by watching Earth Calling...SOS.
This heartless brutality is ecocide. In the past 70 years, Japan has annihilated over one million cetaceans (whales and dolphins). The 2014 Taiji kill quota numbers were released in August. One thousand nine hundred and thirty eight cetacean death warrant were issued for 2014-2015, including 70 false killer whales, 114 short-finned pilot whales, 134 Pacific white-sided dolphins, 261 Risso dolphins, 400 Pantropical spotted dolphins, 450 striped dolphins, and 509 bottlenose dolphins.
These deranged bloodbaths begin by lowering metal poles into the sea and banging them incessantly. These awful noises frighten dolphins and disrupt their ability to communicate amongst the pod.
The best looking dolphins are isolated from the pod and sold as slaves to dolphinariums. These magnificent sentient creatures are penned-up, drugged and electrocuted into submission. They are sentenced to a miserable existence, entertaining crass consumers.
In 2013, Japan sold 158 dolphins into slavery, at an average price of $140,000; that's over $22 million from animal kidnapping and extreme cruelty. Moreover, organized crime is profiting from this loathsome cetacean slavery industry.
The oceans and all sealife, in fact, belong to the commons. Japan is plundering the ocean, and because they are currently an economic superpower all other nations are turning a blind eye. That's why Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is involved, there's no worldwide government agency upholding international laws and protecting sealife. Biodiversity in the ocean is being significantly diminished, globally. The strength of the ocean depends upon the abundance of biodiversity, which is all interconnected. Prolonged looting is quickly killing Earth's oceans -- our life support system. And as Captain Paul Watson, the founder of Sea Shepherd, correctly says "If the oceans die, we die."
Dolphins are 'Doctors of the Sea' they keep populations of their prey fit by culling the old and weak. Dolphins prevent diseases from becoming epidemics.
It's time to end this senseless ecocide and protect the 'Doctors of the Sea.'
An intrepid Australian conservationist, Sarah Lucas, founded Australia for Dolphins. Lucas is seeking seven million yen in damages over claims that she and her father were "rudely and aggressively escorted" from the Taiji Whale Museum in February of 2013.
A second hearing in the Action for Angel lawsuit is taking place in Japan on September 16. The Action for Angel lawsuit asserts that the Taiji government, as the owner and operator of the Taiji Whale Museum, is behaving illegally by refusing entrance to law-abiding people based on their appearance. This conduct is a violation of the Japanese constitution, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race. If successful, the Action for Angel lawsuit will open the Taiji Whale Museum to animal welfare observers.
Please, say "NO" to purchasing any tickets for dolphinariums.
Support Australia for Dolphins and Sea Shepherd Cove Guardians.
Join Earth Dr Reese Halter in his crusade to protect our planet by watching Earth Calling...SOS.