Pod of Risso Dolphins now netted in the Cove - Another slaughter will occur soon - Taiji, Japan

January 8, 2016 - Risso Dolphins Slaughter – at Taiji, Japan

 

Fourth day of greed and bloodlust in a row in Taiji. Hunters quickly found a pod of Risso Dolphins and drove them to the Cove.

 

Just before sunrise, 10 banger boats set out to hunt for Dolphins. After just twenty minutes, the relentless and heartless killers found and started to drive yet another pod of Risso Dolphins. The pod of 13 Risso tried desperately to escape the wall of sound created by the banger boats but were ultimately netted into the Cove. Skiffs with hunters and trainers entered the Cove and the pod was pushed under the tarps on the killing beach. Trainers, working side by side with the killers, selected two Risso for a lifetime of slavery. These Risso will now spend the rest of their lives performing tricks for food and confined to small concrete tanks. The rest of the pod, including mothers and their young, were slaughtered. Cove Guardians heard thrashing and splashing as the innocent Dolphins were murdered. While the bodies were transported to the butcher house, the newly captured Risso were placed in the harbor pens.

 

The day onced again showed the direct link between the slaughter and the captivity trade. For the fourth day in a row, killers and trainers destroyed a family of wild dolphins.

SAY NO TO CAPTIVITY !!!

 

Sites for more information :

 

Sea Shepherd Cove Guardians Page (official)

www.facebook.com/SeaShepherdCoveGuardiansOfficialPage

 

Cove Guardians

www.seashepherd.org/cove-guardians

 

Photo: Sea Shepherd

 

 

 

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