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Japanese town in 'The Cove' setting dolphins free

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TOKYO -- The Japanese town chronicled in the award-winning film "The Cove" for its annual dolphin hunt that turns coastal waters red with blood has suspended killing the animals -- at least for this week's catch -- following an international outcry.

The western Japanese town of Taiji will sell some of the animals to aquariums as it does every year, but the remainder of the 100 bottlenose dolphins that were caught early Wednesday in the first catch of the season are to be released. In the past, they were killed and sold for meat.

An official at the Taiji fisheries association, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the town abhors the publicity its dolphin-killing has drawn, said Thursday that the decision was made partly in response to the international outcry created by "The Cove."
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10 comments // Japanese town in 'The Cove' setting dolphins free

  • mycall306
  • DanPersons
  • photi
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      photi  

    • 100 catches in a day,and thats what they choose to make public.its a huge number of dolphins.dont llike the way they set 100 free just to cover the 1000 other killes

    • 3 years ago
  • Lola444
  • bailey78
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      bailey78  

    • Well there goes the Bar-B que. Just kidding I like the porpoises too. Maybe we can give them something in trade for not killing the little seacritters. Like some FOOD maybe send them a free shipment of rice and some GMO corn and other Veggies that we have a over stock of. What do ya'll think??

    • 3 years ago
  • AswegoAsdego
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      AswegoAsdego  
    • bailey78:

      It would be nice if japan was actually raping the sea for necessary food. However most food they unintelligent harvest is for its expense or its "medical" benefits such as whale meat and shark fin soup.

    • 3 years ago
  • Myketron3000
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      Myketron3000  

    • I love this. Media is a double edged sword, and this time it was used to expose some really nasty goings on. I'm glad that the documentary had that big of an impact!

    • 3 years ago
  • Denica_Cassandra
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      Denica_Cassandra  

    • OMG this is so awesome! I read an article about this and they said they haven't killed any dolphins yet because they are all afraid of exposure after this documentary! Very cool...

    • 3 years ago
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