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Taiji Dolphin Drive Killing Is Definitely Not A Tradition
| Mark J. Palmer

An Exchange of Letters in the New York Review of Books
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Science from Lethal Whaling Just Isn't Relevant
| Eva Marrero

Only one-third of the publications from whaling countries were admitted to scientific journals. This was half the number of publications from non-whaling countries.
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Dolphin and Whale Products Should Be Banned At 2020 Tokyo Olympics
| Mark J. Palmer

We challenge the International Olympics Committee to ban products of whales and dolphins from being offered or sold at the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Protests Continue While First Pilot Whales Killed In Taiji
| Mark J. Palmer

The Japanese Embassy in San Francisco refused to accept our letter requesting they stop the hunts.
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23 Environmental and Animal Welfare Organizations Ask Japan to End Dolphin Hunts
| Mark J. Palmer

We are calling on Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to end the slaughter of dolphins and whales.
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Japan Dolphins Day Marks First Day of Dolphin Slaughter Season
| Sharon Ryals Tamm

Join a demonstration near you on Sept. 1 to respectfully voice your concern over the coming season of dolphin killing.
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Taiji and the Faroes: Sister Cities or Blood Brothers?
| Mark J. Palmer

Taiji has announced that they are seeking a sister-city relationship with the town of Klaksvik in the Faroe Islands, home of the regular slaughter of hundreds of pilot whales, in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Faroe Islands Annual Pilot Whale Slaughter As Horrific as Taiiji’s Cove
| Sharon Ryals Tamm

Several times every summer the people of the Faroe Islands chase down, run aground and slaughter hundreds of migrating pilot whales and dolphins in a gory thrill fest called the Grindadráp.
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Japan’s Bizarre And Sad New Whaling Laws
| Mark J. Palmer

The madness behind the Japan government’s continued support of hunting whales and dolphins apparently is catching.
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Taiji Given Green Light to Up Dolphin Kill Quotas
| Mark J. Palmer

The Japan Fisheries Agency has agreed to issue permits to Taiji town to capture for captivity and/or slaughter two new species.
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Campaign Top News

International Marine Mammal Project >
  • From the cold reaches of the Russian coast, to Japan's notorious Cove, to global tuna fleets, to Barataria Bay, to the concrete tanks of SeaWorld - the International Marine Mammal Project had key accomplishments for whales and dolphins, thanks to your support!
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  • There's a lot of whale and dolphin jargon out there. Here's some explanations about what we know about cetaceans.
  • The damages of global warming are already here, and worse is to come. Can COP28 overcome national resistance and lobbying from the oil industry to adopt real solutions to global warming, including an equitable phase-out of the burning of fossil fuels?
Save Japan Dolphins >
  • The Taiji dolphin slaughter was as horrendous as always, but the numbers of dolphins being killed and captures continues to decline. Can we end the dolphin hunts for good?
  • A recent analysis by scientists, adopted by the IWC Scientific Committee, shows what many opponents of the Taiji dolphin hunts have feared -- the hunts are depleting several dolphin species along the coast of Japan, leading the dolphin hunters to go after other species, while still killing the depleted species.
  • The Taiji dolphin hunts are well underway, with a pod of bottlenose dolphins recently herded into the notorious Cove. The Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission is warning that some dolphin species are declining.
Dolphin + Whale Project >
Keiko Whale Rescue >
  • We are deeply saddened at the death of orca whale Tokitae. Calls for her release were denied for decades and it’s shameful that she never got a chance to go home.
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    Tokitae (also known as Lolita) has died. Photo Credit: Dr. Ingrid Visser, Orca Research Trust

  • 30 years ago, the movie "Free Willy" was a huge hit. The plight of its orca star, Keiko, touched the public along with the moving story. Read how the International Marine Mammal Project took that spark of concern and returned Keiko to his home waters. SeaWorld and other captive dolphin parks would never be the same!
  • The last captive orca in Canada, Kiska, has died, after being kept alone for twelve years at the notorious MarineLand park in Niagara Falls. If Tokitae (Lolita) goes home to a seaside sanctuary, the only North American captive orcas will be those in SeaWorld's three parks.
Dolphin Safe Fishing >
  • For more than 30 years, Trixie Concepcion and her staff have worked to protect dolphins and other marine life in the Philippines, monitoring tuna fishing in the Western and Central Pacific Oceans to ensure the tuna is caught by Dolphin Safe methods, saving the lives of tens of thousands of dolphins annually.
  • The history of the drowning of millions of dolphins by the tuna industry turned a corner in 1990, when US tuna giants agreed to work with the International Marine Mammal Project to establish Dolphin Safe fishing standards that avoid harm to dolphins and other marine life.
  • In order to better monitor tuna vessels to ensure no dolphins are netted or harmed, the International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute is supporting placing closed circuit television (CCTV) aboard tuna vessels.
Freeing Orca Whales from Captivity >

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