It has been a routine since January From September to February every year, people in Japan’s Taiji Bay enter dolphin hunting season. That is the time when thousands of large fish are brought into the bay and killed to serve to diners around the world. Small cute-looking dolphins are kept and sold to aquariums and accept a life of permanent imprisonment.
Carpet season Dolphin slaughter in Taiji begins again
This year’s coastal fishing village of Taiji began its controversial dolphin massacre season from September 1. In just 400 years Japan has become the largest whaling country in the world.</p >
Even though local fishermen set up large tarpaulins to protect them, visitors coming here at this time can still feel the resistance of the dolphins in their moment of survival. The blue waters became bloody and the fresh air in the early morning was filled with the stench of blood.
The waters are bloody and the air smells of blood</figcaption >
In mid-September every year the “Dolphin Festival” will be held in Taiji. In the next 6 months, fishermen here will slaughter tens of thousands of dolphins. Their meat can be sold for 50,000 Yen. Meanwhile, each dolphin is sold to aquariums or water parks nationwide world about 150,000 USD.
Many people do not know the truth behind intelligent dolphins Performing in aquariums to “entertain” visitors must work hard every day confined in cramped living spaces. Meanwhile, if in their natural habitat in the ocean, they will freely move an average of 80 km per day.
The dolphin hunt in Taiji became a topic of global attraction after when the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove in 2009 became a hit. This year this country continues to whaling for profit despite criticism from the international community.
According to BBC/ News
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