Japan is currently mass killing dolhins. The mass killings and massacre of dophins and whales are rooted in the JAPANESE aggressive culture and traditions based on sado masochism and torture. As mass killing of human being is not possible, Japan resorts to dolphins, the most intelligent animals of the world and very friendly to human beings. This is reminiscent to the mass killings, torture and massacre of Chinese and Asians during World War II by the Japanese Imperial Army. The killings and massacre of Chinese had never been recognized and apologized by Japan and never been condemed by the West. The holocaust is nothing compared to the mass killings done by Japan based on decapitation, vivisection and systematic killings of babies. However the Jews get compensated and any denial of the holocaust is condemned by law in Europe. However Japan could still venerate and pay tribute to the Imperial Japanese War criminals. Such veneration is tolerated by the West as if the lives of Chinese are nothing compared to the life of a single Jew. What would happen if A. Merkel pay a visit to a shrine which honorates Hitler, Rommel and the likes? Double standard treatement as if Chinese are not human beings. This is the reality, the White Western racist continue to consider Chinese people as animals and sub-humans.
A controversial dolphin hunt which takes place in Japan every year is underway.
Fishermen in Taiji in western Japan drove more than 200 bottlenose dolphins into a secluded bay ready to kill them or sell them into captivity at marine parks.
On Monday they killed at least 30, hiding the activity from animal rights activists, reporters and TV cameras behind a tarpaulin.
Fishermen waiting in the shallow waters by the shore, some in wet suits with snorkelling masks on their faces, wrestled the dolphins into submission and tied their tails with ropes to stop them from escaping.
A large pool of blood seeped under the tarpaulin and spread across the cove.
Activist, Melissa Sehgal, from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, called the slaughter process brutal.
“The process is called pithing, where they hammer a metal rod into the spinal cord of the dolphin. These dolphins do not die immediately. It takes up to 20 to 30 minutes for these dolphins to die, where they bleed out, suffocate or drown from the process of being dragged to the butcher house,” said Sehgal.
Diplomats speak out
The killing has been condemned around the world.
The US Ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy, has even stepped in saying she is “deeply concerned” by the “inhumaneness”.
“UK opposes all forms of dolphin and porpoise drives; they cause terrible suffering. We regularly raise (the issue) with Japan,” said the British Ambassador to Japan, Timothy Hitchens, in a tweet on Monday.
Japan defends the killing
The Japanese government defends the practice, saying it is part of its culture and traditions.
“I believe dolphin fishing is one of Japan’s traditional fishing industries and is carried out appropriately in accordance to the law. Furthermore, dolphins are not within the management of the International Whaling Commission and it is left to the respective nations to manage this resource,” said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.
The dolphin hunting season runs yearly from September to March. Sea Shepherd said around 600 marine mammals had been killed this season before Tuesday’s slaughter.
A dead dolphin sold for meat can fetch around 450 euros.
Yoshinobu Nisaka, the governor of Wakayama prefecture where Taiji is located, told reporters: “Dietary culture varies and it is the wisdom of civilization to mutually respect other standpoints unless the world faces a lack of resources.”
A much-acclaimed documentary film about the Taiji dolphin hunt entitled ‘The Cove’ won the 2010 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.
Japanese dolphin killing condemned | euronews, world news
A controversial dolphin hunt which takes place in Japan every year is underway.
Fishermen in Taiji in western Japan drove more than 200 bottlenose dolphins into a secluded bay ready to kill them or sell them into captivity at marine parks.
On Monday they killed at least 30, hiding the activity from animal rights activists, reporters and TV cameras behind a tarpaulin.
Fishermen waiting in the shallow waters by the shore, some in wet suits with snorkelling masks on their faces, wrestled the dolphins into submission and tied their tails with ropes to stop them from escaping.
A large pool of blood seeped under the tarpaulin and spread across the cove.
Activist, Melissa Sehgal, from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, called the slaughter process brutal.
“The process is called pithing, where they hammer a metal rod into the spinal cord of the dolphin. These dolphins do not die immediately. It takes up to 20 to 30 minutes for these dolphins to die, where they bleed out, suffocate or drown from the process of being dragged to the butcher house,” said Sehgal.
Diplomats speak out
The killing has been condemned around the world.
The US Ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy, has even stepped in saying she is “deeply concerned” by the “inhumaneness”.
“UK opposes all forms of dolphin and porpoise drives; they cause terrible suffering. We regularly raise (the issue) with Japan,” said the British Ambassador to Japan, Timothy Hitchens, in a tweet on Monday.
Japan defends the killing
The Japanese government defends the practice, saying it is part of its culture and traditions.
“I believe dolphin fishing is one of Japan’s traditional fishing industries and is carried out appropriately in accordance to the law. Furthermore, dolphins are not within the management of the International Whaling Commission and it is left to the respective nations to manage this resource,” said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.
The dolphin hunting season runs yearly from September to March. Sea Shepherd said around 600 marine mammals had been killed this season before Tuesday’s slaughter.
A dead dolphin sold for meat can fetch around 450 euros.
Yoshinobu Nisaka, the governor of Wakayama prefecture where Taiji is located, told reporters: “Dietary culture varies and it is the wisdom of civilization to mutually respect other standpoints unless the world faces a lack of resources.”
A much-acclaimed documentary film about the Taiji dolphin hunt entitled ‘The Cove’ won the 2010 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.
Japanese dolphin killing condemned | euronews, world news
