The notorious Taiji Whale Museum, owned by the government of Taiji town in Japan, is responsible for the drive hunts for dolphins that takes place annually, slaughtering hundreds of dolphins and small whales as well as feeding the captivity industry with live dolphins.
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We recently received alerts from the Japanese island of Okinawa, where several bottlenose dolphins suddenly turned up in a small pen offshore the town of Chatan.
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The end of February marks the end of the six-month-long Taiji dolphin drive hunts, one of Japan’s most shameful and inhumane practices.
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On December 24th, a minke whale, the smallest of the baleen whales, became trapped in a series of set nets used by fishermen to catch fish, near the notorious town of Taiji, Japan.
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As we enter a new year, the International Marine Mammal Project is still hard at work laying out our plans and hopes to help save whales, dolphins, and their ocean homes.
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Once again, the Taiji dolphin drive hunts have begun, for another six month season of terror and bloodshed of dolphins. The hunts show no signs of ending.
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A New Season of Slaughter Begins in Taiji on Sept. 1st -- More Captives for Life, More Meat on the Market That No One Should Eat, More Bloodshed!
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Our team at IMMP is very pleased to announce that we’re finally on Instagram! Follow us for updates on the latest marine conservation news, fun dolphin and whale facts, and a curated selection of ocean photography!
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Norway has surpassed Japan and Iceland in its whale hunting quotas (which do not include dolphins), and now officially kills more whales than any country in the world. Iceland actually temporarily stopped whaling this summer due to a lack of market for whale meat and other factors, while Japan has cut back its whaling effort to focus on whaling only within their 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone.
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Friend of the Sea, the number one global certification standard for products and services that respect and protect the marine environment, today announced that Japan’s Kagoshima Blue Marine Cab has passed the first phase in becoming certified for Sustainable Dolphin and Whale Watching. The certification ensures that dolphin and whale watching tours conducted by Kagoshima Blue Marine Cab will protect dolphins in their natural habitat while spreading valuable information about the issue of sustainability in marine wildlife.
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