Japan aquariums say they'll stop getting Taiji-hunt dolphins
Source: AP
By YURI KAGEYAMA
TOKYO (AP) Japan's aquariums promised Wednesday to stop acquiring dolphins captured in a bloody hunt that was depicted in the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove" and has caused global outrage.
The move by the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums follows a decision last month by the Swiss-based umbrella group World Association of Zoos and Aquariums, or WAZA, to suspend the Japanese organization's membership.
WAZA characterized the Taiji hunt as "cruel," and decided that none of its members should acquire dolphins in such a way.
In that hunt, dolphins are scared with banging, herded into a cove and speared by fishermen for their meat. The best-looking ones are sold to aquariums.
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Lodestar
(2,388 posts)but am so very relieved to hear it.
Little Tich
(6,171 posts)It was biased and an example of bad journalism. Nevertheless, this decision is good, because dolphins can't be held in captivity in a humane manner. Most of the money made from the dolphin hunt is probably from catching live ones and selling them to dolphinariums. If that revenue is lost, then there will be little profit from killing the rest, so the hunt will probably stop.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)0rganism
(23,971 posts)the "hunters" had to give away a lot of it to local schools, where it may have made a number of children sick
of course that's going by "The Cove" documentary which may have been selective in its information
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)I hope they choke on their food.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)she sits in now to start an albino dolphin bloodline