Is the Taiji dolphin slaughter still going on?
Is the Taiji dolphin slaughter still going on?
Members of the coast guard, in hard hats, observe. The Japanese town of Taiji’s controversial dolphin hunt is now in its ninth day, and fishermen have caught at least seven bottlenose dolphins so far in a hunting season expected to last until March 2022.
Is whaling still happening in Taiji?
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. Taiji has a long connection to whaling in Japan….Season and quota.
| Species | False killer whale |
|---|---|
| Driven | 0 |
| Killed | 0 |
| Captured | 0 |
| Release | 0 |
Why are they killing dolphins in Taiji?
The official reason Japan has given for the annual hunt is to use the dolphins for meat, but Dolphin Project says there are other reasons as well. “From the fishermen’s perspective, the dolphins eat too much fish, and the fishermen are simply killing the competition…
What is happening to dolphins in Taiji Japan?
Japan has started its controversial annual dolphin hunt in the coastal town of Taiji. The hunt sees the animals driven into a cove where most are slaughtered for their meat with knives in shallow waters. Other dolphins are sold to aquariums and marine parks.
Is whaling still legal in Japan?
Its last commercial hunt was in 1986, but Japan has never really stopped whaling – it has been conducting instead what it says are research missions which catch hundreds of whales annually. Now the country has withdrawn from the International Whaling Commission (IWC), which banned hunting.
How many dolphins are killed in Taiji every year?
In the cove at Taiji in Japan, some of the dolphins rounded up are selected for use in dolphin shows but many die of shock before they make it to waiting transport. Japanese ‘drive hunts’ kill nearly 20,000 dolphins, porpoises and small whales every year.
