Protest the Japanese Dolphin Slaughter
Japanese Consulate
800-1177 West Hastings St.
September 3rd, 12 noon
On September 3rd, the Coalition for No Whales in Captivity and CATCA are joining to protest the Japanese dolphin slaughter. Every year, about 25,000 dolphins and small whales are brutally killed along the coasts of small fishing towns in Japan, like Taiji, Iko, and Ito. Most of these dolphins are slaughtered and sold for meat, but the biggest profit is the result of selling dolphins to aquariums and related facilities; better specimens bring between $20,000 and $45,000 dollars.
The hunts are notoriously brutal…small boats surround a pod of migrating dolphins, lower metal poles into the sea and bang them to frighten the animals and disrupt their sonar. Once the panicking, thrashing dolphins are herded into the narrow cove, the fishermen attack them with knives, turning the sea red before dragging them to a harbourside warehouse for slaughter.
the Independent, 6 January 2007
Learn more about this cruel slaughter at SaveJapanDolphins.com.
Source: Liberation BC Newsletter