The police of Wakayama, Japan, are investigating a complaint by environmentalists that mercury levels in dolphin meat far exceed Japanese health standards. The International Marine Mammal Project pioneered the testing of dolphin meat in Taiji and supports the action, hoping that the government will at last protect human health by ending the dolphin hunts.
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For 40 years, the International Marine Mammal Project has been working to protect whales, dolphins, and their ocean homes.
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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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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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The Taiji dolphin-hunting season is entering its second month, with a series of horrendous dolphin slaughters depicted in many news reports. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES.
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The Global Captivity Industry Deals in Live Dolphins From Taiji, Japan, Subsidizing the Slaughter of Hundreds of Dolphins Annually. The Captives Are Torn From Their Families to Live in Small Tanks to Entertain Us.
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"Dolphins" is Bestselling Author Susan Casey's Book for Young Adults All About Why We All Love Dolphins. A Charming Story from Many Perspectives Around the Globe.
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