BOYCOTT PERSONAL TRAVEL TO JAPAN UNTIL DOLPHIN HUNT STOPS!!!
A cruel, selfish and gruesome custom of Dolphin Hunting occurs seasonally from Sept until April in Taiji, JApan. Dolphins caught are used for human consumption or resale to dolphinariums. Since the start of the season on September 1st, 2013 a total of 1,187 dolphins from six species have been driven into the cove and of this total 618 were slaughtered, 422 were released and 146 were live-capture.
As with every hunting season, this year’s dolphin hunt is full of tragic stories, with the most recent being of the capture of a rare 1 year old albino calf. The calf was ripped away from her protective mother and sold to the Taiji Whale Museum for a lifetime of captivity.
The Taiji Whale Museum recently issued a contradictive statement: “Albinos stand out and tend to be targeted by predators. She must have been protected by her mother and her mates. We will take good care of her.”
After searching for her calf unsuccessfully the mother committed suicide (As conscious breathers, dolphins can choose not to take their next breath. When the stress of captivity, or being ripped apart from their families, becomes too great to bear they can end their own lives).
Protest this barbaric custom by BOYCOTTING ALL TRAVEL TO JAPAN until the government bans dolphin hunting.
WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO?
1.Write a letter:
a) World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) to expel all facilities that provide direct or indirect support for the drive capture of dolphins Contact: Dr. Gerald Dick, Executive Director
World Association of Zoos and Aquariums
IUCN Conservation Centre
Rue Mauverney 28
CH-1196 Gland
Switzerland.
b) The Hon. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan telling him to ban this custom in Japan waters
https://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/forms/comment_ssl.html
https://www.facebook.com/abeshinzo
https://twitter.com/AbeShinzo
c) Ambassador Kenichiro Sasae
Embassy of Japan in the United States
2520 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W
Washington DC 20008
Tel: 202-238-6700, Fax: 202-328-2187
d) The Embassy of Japan in Canada 255 Sussex Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1N 9E6 Canada Tel: 613-241-8541 Fax: 613-241-2232 infocul@ot.mofa.go.jp
2. Never EVER visit captive marine parks such as Marineland and Seaworld
3. Talk about it! Spread and share information on dolphin hunting with you family, friends and co-workers
