#Taiji  #DolphinDriveHunting
#太地  #イルカ追い込み猟

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Day-150
GREEN COVE 💵🐬💵
RED COVE 🩸🐬🩸

#BottlenoseDolphins 
Captive selection of the Bottlenose dolphins that were driven into the Cove yesterday and kept there overnight was done.  The pod was much larger than estimated and may have numbered over 100.

The selection process began early in the morning, and during a period of about 7 hours, a total of 14 captives were taken alive from 7 separate groups, 12 of who were transported to the Moriura Bay and the last 2 to sea-pens in the Taiji harbor.

Although there were no slaughters, at least one dolphin probably died from panic or other causes. Because hunters headed to the harbor with something hidden by a gray sheet on the right side of the skiff. 

During the live, Kunito said that it looked like 2 bodies were being carried because 2 slings appeared to be hidden by a gray sheet, but there were no slings when he later checked the photos, so the number of deceased was not sure.

To Kunito during the live, it looked like 2 slings were hidden by a gray sheet, which later confirmed with photos, but there were no slings. So the number of dead was not certain.  It might not be 2. 

These deaths should be reported in the catch quota, but it seems like this can be done later, and is left up to the hunters’ union.  So personally, I can not trust them to accurately count the unfortunate deaths of these dolphins.

And today, when all the remaining of the pod are released, a problem happened that several of them enter the set-nets. After 3 skiffs came and entered the nets, all the boats returned to the harbor, but it is unclear yet whether the dolphins were driven out from there. 

This is what is happening behind the aquariums. 
This is the infamous Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture.
This is the shame for Japan.

In an era when dolphin captivity and shows are increasingly being banned internationally as they are deemed inhumane, it is absolutely necessary for Japanese people to know where the dolphins in aquariums come from and how they are brought here.

#ShameOnJapan 
#BoycottJapan until #StopTaiji 
#EndDolphinCaptivity 

Kunito’s Live on Facebook 
Captive Selection Process:Releasing the pod :📹📷:  @KunitoSeko
#Taiji #DolphinDriveHunting #太地 #イルカ追い込み猟 #BottlenoseDolphins