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The Taiji dolphin drive hunt is based on driving dolphins and other small cetaceans into a small bay where they can be killed or captured for their meat and for sale to dolphinariums The new primary killing method is done by cutting the spinal cord of the dolphin, a method that claims to decrease the mammal's time to death. [ 1 ]
The film follows former-dolphin-trainer-turned-activist Ric O'Barry's quest to document the dolphin hunting operations in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan.In the 1960s, O'Barry helped capture and train the five wild dolphins who shared the role of "Flipper" in the hit television series of the same name.
In 2009, a film The Cove was released criticizing Taiji's dolphin fishery.It was an indictment of the cruel killing of dolphins and the high mercury content of dolphin meat. [89] A July 2009 National Geographic article reported, What he did was by all accounts illegal and dangerous and borderline stupid. But so is killing a dolphin. [90]
The fishing village of Taiji. The Taiji dolphin drive hunt captures small cetaceans for their meat and for sale to dolphinariums. Taiji has a long connection to Japanese whaling. The 2009 documentary film The Cove drew international attention to the hunt. Taiji is the only town in Japan where drive hunting still takes place on a large scale.
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A spate of dolphin attacks on swimmers in Japan’s Fukui Prefecture is being blamed on one bottlenose dolphin, who researchers believe may be particularly lonely, having been separated from a pod.
The dolphin was found March 19 on Kiawah Island. ... Unexpected find solves mystery surrounding 30-year-old dolphin’s death, SC team says. Mark Price. April 4, 2024 at 2:35 PM. NOAA photo.
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