END THE SENSELESS DOLPHIN SLAUGHTER IN TAIJI,JAPAN

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The dolphin drive hunts that take place each year in Taiji, Japan, have garnered international attention as the world has learned about the mass slaughter of dolphins and the ruthless captive selection process. These brutal hunts are documented by our team of Cove Monitors each season, and shared with the international public so that attention may be drawn to this outdated and unnecessarily cruel practice.

Please help today by taking the following action steps:

1. TAKE THE PLEDGE NOT TO BUY A TICKET TO A CAPTIVE DOLPHIN SHOW

Share your pledge on social media and encourage others to join you!

2. SEND A LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER ABE

3. URGE BROOME, AUSTRALIA TO SUSPEND “SISTER CITY” TIES WITH TAIJI, JAPAN

4. JOIN DOLPHIN PROJECT ON THE FRONT LINES IN TAIJI

Were you inspired by Ric O’Barry in “The Cove”? Learn more about becoming a volunteer Dolphin Project Cove Monitor.

Ric O’Barry The Cove Photo: DolphinProject.com

5.  MAKE A TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TO SUPPORT OUR INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGNS

Your support is critical to our mission. If your employer has a matching gifts program, your donation could be doubled or even tripled!

6.  HAVE A COVE OR BLACKFISH PARTY AND HELP EDUCATE OTHERS

Host a movie night at your house and watch “The Cove” or “Blackfish”to educate others about dolphin captivity issues.

7. GET CREATIVE

Have a personal goal you’ve always wanted to accomplish? Want to help protect dolphins? Learn how by creating your very own fundraiser.

Think of unique ways to raise awareness in your community. Visit our VOLUNTEER PAGE for ideas.

8. SHARE

Let your voice be heard for dolphins! Education and spreading the word are key, so follow our social media accounts and share our posts with your friends. 

9. WEAR your support for dolphins!SHOP authentic Dolphin Project gear.

All proceeds support our international campaigns, and it’s a great way to start a conversation.

10. CONTACT THE AUTHORITIES

Help us get the word out! Please contact these authorities and let’s end this senseless slaughter once and for all.

WAZA: The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums
secretariat@waza.org

AZA: The American Association of Zoos and Aquariums
Media Contact: Rob Vernon (301)244-3352 | Email: rvernon@aza.org

IMATA: The International Marine Mammal Trainers’ Association
info@imata.org

PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN
Prime Minister Shinzo- Abe
Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
1-6-1 Nagata-cho
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. 100-8914 JAPAN
+81-3-5253-2111

Website: http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/index-e.html
Online comment form #1: https://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/forms/comment_ssl.html
Online comment form #2: https://form.cao.go.jp/kokusai/en_opinion-0001.html

Japanese Embassies Worldwide:
Websites of Japanese Embassies, Consulates and Permanent Missions

List of Embassies and Consulates-General in Japan:
List of Embassies and Consulates-General in Japan

US Embassy in Japan:
William Hagerty IV – Ambassador of the United States to Japan
Telephone: 011-81-3-3224-5000
Fax: 011-81-3-3505-1862
Send E-mail to the U.S. Embassy in Japan

Japan Cabinet Office
Comment/Question for Cabinet Office

Wakayama Prefecture Office, Fishery Division:
E0717001@pref.wakayama.lg.jp
Telephone: +81-73-441-3010
Fax: +81-73-432-4124

Dolphin Base:
Telephone: +81-0735-59-3514
Fax: +81-0735-59-2810

International Whaling Commission (IWC)
The Red House,
135 Station Road,
Impington,
Cambridge,
Cambridgeshire CB24 9NP, UK.
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 233 971
Fax: +44 (0) 1223 232 87
Email: secretariat@iwcoffice.org

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) / Convention on Migratory Species (CMP)
UNEP/CMS Secretariat
Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1
53113 Bonn, Germany
Tel: (+49 228) 815 2401
Fax: (+49 228) 815 2449
Email: secretariat@cms.int

Japan Fisheries Public Content Form:
Contact the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries

US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations:
US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

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ORCA LOVE

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Images and video links to connect with marine life,

simply stunning, beautiful creatures, wild and free, where they should be.

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NO TRANSPARENCY IN RUSSIAN WHALE RELEASE

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The whales, destined for “life” in captivity, would have been shipped to various aquariums and marine parks, the bulk of which are located in China. However, drone footage taken post-capture showed the mammals swimming in tiny sea pens in the freezing waters off Nakhodka, in Russia’s far east. The images sparked international outrage: conservationists and scientists voiced concern over the mammals’ welfare, and thousands of individuals signed petitions and sent letters to authorities to investigate the so-called “whale jail”.

After two orcas and three beluga whales “disappeared” under questionable circumstances, the Russian government stepped in and initiated a criminal investigation of the four private companies involved in the capture. The companies have been fined as the investigation continues. In addition, under the direction of President Vladimir V. Putin, the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography announced the remaining whales – 10 orcas and 87 beluga whales – would be released in groups from June until October 2019. This process has now begun, with two orcas and six beluga whales on route to their release location.

https://www.dolphinproject.com/blog/no-transparency-in-russian-whale-release/

New Book Released ‛ The War That Saved The Whales by ’ by Paul Millard @SeaShepherdPaul

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‛ The War That Saved The Whales ’ |by @CaptPaulWatson | For The Last Couple Of Years I Have Been Doing The Research To Write A Book About A Little Known Chapter Of The History Of The American Civil War…▼
http://tinyurl.com/y5yoch3b

Overview

During the United States’ Civil War, Confederate Navy Raiders struck fear into the hearts of Union Whalers. Under officers like James Waddell, Raphael Semmes, and others, the Confederate raiders sank or captured dozens of Union whalers.

Like those Confederate captains, Paul Watson has led a rebellious organization to challenge contemporary whalers. In his latest book Watson recounts the story of the Confederate ships that targetted Union whaling ships and how the influence his tactics as the founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and as a captain on many of its campaigns for the past four decades.

About the Author

Paul Watson founded Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in 1977. He is the author of several books.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Foreword by Claude Berube, PhD. vii

Introduction : Hunting Whalers. xiii

Chapter One : War & Whales. 1

Chapter Two : First Blood. 7

Chapter Three : The Destruction of the Sierra. 19

Chapter Four : The Great Stone Fleet. 23

Chapter Five : Rebel Buccaneer. 29

Chapter Six : Launching the Wolf of the Sea. 47

Chapter Seven : Azorean Bonfires: The Death of Nine

Yankee Whalers. 51

Chapter Eight : Confederate Corsairs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Chapter Nine : The Final Defiance of the Alabama. 77

Chapter Ten : The Launch of the Shenandoah. 93

Chapter Eleven : Edward. 99

Chapter Twelve : A Warm Reception in Williamstown. 107

Chapter Thirteen : A Fiery April Fool’s Day Surprise. 123

Chapter Fourteen : The Sea of Okhotsk. 135

Chapter Fifteen : A Glorious Destruction. 139

Chapter Sixteen : The Last Flag Down. 151

Bibliography. 161

@SeaShepherdSSCS https://t.co/3tOeem8oot

Tweet from @SeaShepherdPaul: ‛ The War That Saved The Whales ’ |by @CaptPaulWatson | For The Last Couple Of Years I Have Been Doing The Research To Write A Book About A Little Known Chapter Of The History Of The American Civil War…▼
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Russian navy is still working with marine mammals in the Arctic,»

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Beluga training facility in Polyarny

Visible on Google Earth’s satellite images here published by the Barents Observer (top photo) are six pens in the waters at Garyachie Ruchy, a small bay about 3,5 kilometers south of Polyarny in the Kola Bay north of Murmansk.

The pens in the bay, three with a diameter of 16 meters and two with a diameter of 20 meters, are protected from Arctic storms and waves by a headland. Onshore are two office buildings and one larger hall for equipment or other gear. A long pier with several zodiacs and small boats goes out in the water.

Most, interesting, though, are the belugas visible inside the pens. When zooming in on the satellite photo, six belugas are visible. Adult male belugas can range from 3,5 to 5,5 meters, while the females are from 3 to 4 meters. Given the diameter on the pens are 16 and 20 meters, the visible animals, white in color and of which mainly the head or front part of the body is clearly seen, can hardly be anything else then belugas.

A group of other smaller pens nearby could be for seals, also known to be trained by the navy for different purposes.

https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2019/05/here-northern-fleets-secret-marine-mammal-program

TAIJI DOLPHIN HUNT GOES TO COURT

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Taiji Resident Prepares For Landmark Legal Case Against Dolphin Hunts

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Source: The Guardian/Justin McCurry

Photo: Bertrand Borie/Unsplash

A man from Taiji, the Japanese fishing town whose annual slaughter of dolphins has drawn widespread condemnation, will appear in court on Friday in an unprecedented legal challenge to the hunts.

In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, the plaintiff, who has asked not to be named until the hearing has concluded, said he had been been ostracised in Taiji, where he was born and raised but decided to speak out against the hunts.

The 53-year-old will testify at Wakayama district court as part of a legal case brought by the London-based animal welfare charity Action for Dolphins and Life Investigation Agency, a Japanese NGO.

The groups said fishermen in the Pacific coast town routinely violate animal welfare laws and exceed government-set catch quotas. Action for Dolphins has described drive hunts, in which pods are herded from the open sea into a narrow cove, as “exceptionally cruel”. It said the animals die a slow, painful death.

Local fishermen denied they exceeded quotas or killed dolphins inhumanely, and have vowed to continue the hunts.

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The Hunt takes place many many many times a year; every year without restrictions.

A majority of international concern has to do with the method used during the hunt, which is viewed as inhumane. An article by National Geographic refers to The Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums decision to no longer support the Taiji hunt. In 2015, it was announced that there would be a ban in the buying and selling of dolphins through the means of this hunt.

Context and history

Taiji Cove dolphins: Japanese government defends ‘lawful’ slaughter as hunters prepare to kill 200 animals

Conservationists say the fishermen have already killed over 170 dolphins and small whales this year and taken 24 captive since the start of the new year. A tweet from a team of activists overlooking the cove said the animals had spent a fourth night without food and would be slaughtered today by a party of about 40 to 60 fishermen.

http://theterramarproject.org/daily-catch/taiji-resident-prepares-for-landmark-legal-case-against-dolphin-hunts/https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiji_dolphin_drive_hunt
Taiji is the only town in Japan where drive hunting still takes place on a large scale.
Conservationists say a rare albino dolphin is among about 250 of the animals thrashing behind nets overnight. “Babies and mothers will be torn from each other’s sides as some are taken for captivity, some are killed, and others are driven back out to sea to fend for themselves,” said the SSCS.

FILM (Tweet from Orca S※O※S (@OrcaSOS)

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#BornToBeFree can be seen on #Netflix in the US & Canada:

netflix.com/title/80131414

This is such an important, eye-opening film exposing the reprehensible cruelty happening in #Russia during and after the wild capture of #blackfish, #dolphins and whales

#BornToBeFree can be seen on #Netflix in the US & Canada:https://t.co/ZHz1xpNAq5

This is such an important, eye-opening film exposing the reprehensible cruelty happening in #Russia during and after the wild capture of #blackfish, #dolphins and whales

— Orca S※O※S (@OrcaSOS) December 7, 2017

A huge Thank You goes out to all the people who contributed to the making of this important documentary.

so much love

Greedy Humans & Value

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Currently, shark ecotourism brings in $314 million annually worldwide, and this sector is expected to continue growing. Surges in shark tourism are particularly evident in the Caribbean and Australia, the researchers said.

“That figure is projected to double to over $700 million per year within the next 20 years,” Cisneros-Montemayor told LiveScience.

In comparison, the landed market value (which refers to the market value of goods on the day they are offloaded from a vessel) of shark fisheries around the globe is $630 million per year, but has been in decline over the past 10 to 15 years, the researchers said. [On the Brink: A Gallery of Wild Sharks]

Approximately 38 million sharks are killed each year to meet the demands of the controversial shark fin industry, which uses the fins to make shark fin soup, a dish that is considered a delicacy in some Asian countries. Sharks are often thrown back into the ocean to die after their fins have been removed.

But, there are other important reasons to promote shark conservation beyond economics, Cisneros-Montemayor said. For one, sharks play a vital role in the ecosystem of the oceans.

“Studies have found that if you remove top predators, like sharks, you change the structure of the ecosystem itself,” he explained. “This significantly changes the ecosystem, and it puts you in danger of all kinds of bad things happening.”

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