Japanese Dolphin Day 2015

The annual slaughter is about to begin again.

From September 1st to the end of March, fishermen will be capturing and slaughtering thousands of wild dolphins in the name of pest control..

They will be herded into a small coastal town in Japan, now infamously known as The Cove. The hunters capture an entire pod at a time in order to satisfy the international demand for captive dolphins in the entertainment industry. The prettiest dolphins are picked and sent to aquariums and marine parks worldwide.

The remaining dolphins are killed by having a metal rod hammered into their blowhole. This technique leaves the dolphins partially paralysed, drowning painfully in the blood of their own family members.

Dolphin "meat" contains dangerous levels of Mercury- the most brain toxic element on the planet. In Taiji they sell it to feed school children.

Dolphins are not "pests" - They are highly intelligent and social higher mammals which choose to migrate past Japan. The low fish numbers in the coastal waters are due to obvious over-fishing by humans. Not dolphins.

Please vote with your feet and boycott marine parks featuring "entertainment" with captive whales and dolphins.

Make sure that you watch the movies Blackfish (2013) and The Cove (2009) to see the truth behind the captive marine mammal industry.

For more information, like the Facebook pages of “Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project”, “Sea Shepherd Cove Guardians Page (official)” and “Save Japan Dolphins”.