Dolphin Slaughter Research Paper

Dolphin Killings in Taiji, Japan

Brutality, crimson waters, what a gruesome spectacle it is to see the horrifying sight of dolphins being slaughtered by Taiji fishermen for a profit. In a total of six months the murderers will catch and kill about twenty three hundred of Japan’s annual dolphin population of twenty thousand dolphins. The capture of the dolphins is sinister. The fishermen bang pipes together under the water to throw off a dolphin’s hypersensitive sonar in order to drive the dolphins into a large hidden cove that is then closed off by nets ensuring no escape. Bringing the dolphins to the cove looks like an orchestrated ballet when you see the boats performing their moves out on the horizon. What a person cannot see or even
They are then taken to be cut up in a quayside warehouse that is blocked off by heavy shutters. When the butchers arrive to cut up the dolphins they wrap their tools in plastic bags and newspapers, once again so there is not a chance for camera footage. They do not want the world to see this stuff. The Taiji fishermen claim that dolphin butchering is part of their heritage. Covering up their deeds with blue tarps doesn’t sound like a tradition to be proud of. This horrifying ordeal starts on September first of every year and continues for approximately six months.
According to Taiji officials, half of the Bottlenose dolphin catch will be sold to aquariums in an attempt to keep down the loudness of international opinion. The men and women from aiding organizations are public enemy number one to the fishermen and the killing organizations countries such as Australia have become angry about Taiji and their killings of whales and dolphins. Critics refer to the killings as senseless slaughter of intelligent creatures. There are activists which visit Japan every September in an attempt to video tape the carnage and make people aware all over the