Herded dolphins being slaughtered at Japan's Taiji Cove..

[G_j]

I just saw some of the live feed.. bloodied waters


http://us.cnn.com/2014/01/20/world/asia/japan-dolphin-hunt/index.html?sr=sharebar_facebook

By Madison Park and Yoko Wakatsuki, CNN
updated 8:01 AM EST, Mon January 20, 2014

Tokyo, Japan (CNN) -- Cornered by fishermen, divers and boats, the bottlenose dolphins splashed frantically as they tried to escape their human captors in the infamous cove in Japan.

Appearing severely stressed, some even tried to jump over partitions and flailed as they got tangled in nets, as seen through a live stream provided by the marine life group, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

Dolphins separated by nets into smaller partitions bobbed up and down, trying to reach other members of their pod. The environmental group said that the dolphins appeared bloodied and they've had nothing to eat for more than 72 hours while trapped in Taiji Cove.

Dolphins to be slaughtered, conservationists warned

For a fourth night, more than 200 dolphins will remain trapped, where several of them are likely to be slaughtered Tuesday, according to the environmental activists who have been monitoring activities in the cove in southwest Japan.

The annual event is a focal point of the Taiji community's dolphin hunting season.
Defending tradition

Although the hunting of dolphins is widely condemned in the West, many in Japan defend the practice as a local custom -- and say it is no different to the slaughter of other animals for meat.

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[G_j]

1. Sea Shepherd Live Stream:

http://livestream.seashepherd.org/

[daleanime]

2. Kick....

[democratisphere]

3. SCREW TRADITION AND CUSTOMS!!!

These dolphins have more intelligence than their captors. Some humans are truly barbaric.

http://news.discovery.com/animals/dolphin-intelligence-explained.htm

[Triana]

19. Absolutely. I can't watch the videos.

It's HEARTBREAKING.

[RC]

4. That is sickening. Dolphins are intelligent animals.

The dolphins obviously know what is going on. They are being tortured.

[Mika]

5. Page link to Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project (co producer of The Cove)

Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project
http://dolphinproject.org/

Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project Facebook page ...
https://www.facebook.com/ricobarrysdolphinproject


Ric O' Barry will be appearing tonight on Anderson Cooper 360 to discuss the situation in Taiji, Japan.
Tonight on CNN at 8PM EST.

[arcane1]

6. Oh, well, it's a "custom" so I guess that makes it OK.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

8. should Native Americans in Washington be allowed to kill Orcas?

[countryjake]

12. What are you talking about? Which tribe kill Orca?

I really don't understand your question. You're comparing an inhumane hunt by another country with an impossible notion.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

7. this feels like another distraction by the 1%. what is different about these animals vs. cows,

chickens, tuna, etc.? Why aren't we constantly going to live feeds of young black people being gunned down in the streets of Chicago, Washington DC, and elsewhere?

[G_j]

9. so it's either/or?

cruelty is cruelty. You think gun violence in Chicago is a good reason to ignore this?


And if you think dolphins are just like cows, then perhaps we should be eating humans. Our brains rival each other in sophistication.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

10. pigs are really smart. but they taste like bacon and are kid of ugly

so dolphins win.

I'm not minimizing this--just finding it odd the woman on CNN was practically getting the vapors and slamming her hand on the desk in what seemed like theatrical outrage.

meanwhile....they will NEVER seriously cover the epidemic of gun deaths in our cities.

[G_j]

11. I agree about CNN

no argument there! And I share absolute disgust over gun violence in this country.
This is far more relevant than most of the crap they report.

[Nika]

13. Dolphins have more cortical surface area and larger, more complex brains then our species of ape.

They have cultures and language, lacking only our sort of hands. Seeing how this has me angry enough to kill those Japanese doing this, I have little patience for you right now for discussion on this topic.

You are quite ignorant about cetaceans and seem to want to press buttons. I feel sorry for you.

[LeftyMom]

33. Most of us are able to follow more than one story at a time.

Sorry if you can't.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

34. That was not really my point

But by all means tilt at those windmills.

[LeftyMom]

35. Since you brought it up what are you doing about the abuse of farmed animals?

How are you addressing the root causes of inner city violence? I'm waiting to be awed by your activist commitment.

Because my experience is that people who respond to animal concerns with "but what about (some other problem)" aren't doing jack shit about that thing either and are concern trolling, but you're going to be the one exception to that rule, right?

[MoonRiver]

14. Horrific!

RIP dear beloved beings of the sea...
The international community MUST stop this barbarism!

[G_j]

16. I agree

we MUST!

[MoonRiver]

17. I'm trying day and night!

I know you are too!

[G_j]

20. so much under stress right now

elephants, wolves, etc. etc. the oceans themselves..

[MoonRiver]

22. Me too.

It is just too much sometimes, like now. I am losing it.

[RebelOne]

15. This seems to be annual event and I cannot bear to watch it. n/t

[Triana]

18. "Hunting"? How the hell is that "hunting"

It's vicious killing for greed. Hunting my ass.

[KoKo]

21. Kick...but, I can't view the video...

It's important to get this out there.

I can never understand why the Japanese need to eat whale and dolphin meat. There's something about "tradition" or something...but, I can't wrap my head around this...when many of the rest of us know they are going after creatures of dwindling species..and their HISTORY should give them a CLUE...as to what that's about...

It's awful.

[MoonRiver]

23. Their dolphin killing "tradition" started in 1979.

I think they just like to kill sentient beings. Sorry but that's my take. They also massacre whales every year and nobody eats them or dolphins in Japan.

[Art_from_Ark]

29. I don't condone the practice, but

claiming that nobody eats dolphin or whale meat in Japan is mistaken. There are, for example, restaurants that specialize in dolphin dishes, and whale meat is sometimes served in school lunches.

[MoonRiver]

37. Of course there are a few who do, but most of the meat is being stored

in massive warehouses. The Yakuza is behind whaling and dolphin killing. The corrupt Japanese government provides these criminals with subsidies to continue their evil and vile activities. Time for the world to demand this cruelty end.

http://www.seashepherd.org/commentary-and-editorials/2010/01/29/the-bogus-science-of-the-japanese-whaling-fleet-121

http://www.takepart.com/blog-series/cove-watch/2011/12/20/Cove-Star-Ric-OBarrys-2012-Resolution-End-Taiji-Slaughter

[CFLDem]

30. I once read that it was the US who encourage dolphin and whale hunts

as a main means to feed the Japanese after WWII.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

24. Why are the Japanese still so out of touch on this?

[MoonRiver]

25. Stubborn bastards

That's my take at least.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

28. I'm sure it's more than that and honestly I'd like to understand.

It's so horrific to me personally I can't wrap my head around an entire society seemingly accepting this. I know we do things in the US that are pretty awful like mustang roundups but with what we know about dolphins and whales these days, this is sick.

[jsr]

26. Are they still doing that in the Faroe Islands also?

http://earthfirstjournal.org/newswire/2013/08/25/pilot-whale-and-dolphin-slaughter-in-the-faroe-islands/

[MoonRiver]

27. Yes, those scum are also massacring intelligent, social, highly sentient beings.

[Blue Owl]

31. C'mon now you sick fucks

Have some goddamn decency.

[LeftyMom]

32. BTW, if you go to parks with whale and dolphin exhibits/shows you're paying to support this.

Just something to think about.

[MoonRiver]

38. Absolutely! That is the reason this evil exists.

Few Japanese eat whale and dolphin meat.

On the other hand, the morons in the Faroe Islands seem to be willfully ignorant of the risks they are taking by eating pilot whales.

[ellisonz]

36. Kick

[countryjake]

39. kickety...Hi ellisonz!

I was wondering where you'd gotten to...glad to see you posting again!

[ellisonz]

40. Thanks

Just super busy with work and school