Around 20,000 dolphins, porpoises and other whales are cruelly slaughtered in Japanese waters every year. Now, we have a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to stop the appalling suffering inflicted upon these beautiful, intelligent creatures. A new Japanese Government has been swept to power and with it comes a chance to stop the slaughter once and for all.
Campaign Whale is the only UK member organisation of the ‘Save Japan Dolphins’ coalition which is fighting to end the slaughter of dolphins and porpoises in Japan. Within our ranks is Ric O’Barry, former trainer of ‘Flipper’ the dolphin (a hugely popular 1960s TV series and later Hollywood film) who is determined to expose the shocking link between these appalling hunts and the captive dolphin industry worldwide.
Exposed! Japan’s secret dolphin hunts coming to a cinema near you*
Campaign Whale and the ‘Save Japan Dolphins’ coalition are key partners behind an award-winning film ‘The Cove’ that has received rave reviews at film festivals around the world and is due to be released in the UK on October 23rd. This feature length docu-drama focuses on Taiji, a Japanese coastal town where over 2,000 dolphins are speared to death every year for their meat. While each dead dolphin sells for about US $600, those few captured alive are worth as much as US $200,000 when sold to aquariums and ‘swim with dolphins‘ parks around the world.
Deadly diet
‘The Cove’ also highlights the serious health threat posed to the people that eat dolphin and porpoise meat as it is dangerously contaminated with toxic pollutants, such as mercury, at levels that exceed public health safety limits. The shocking reality is that the people eating dolphin meat don’t know they are slowly poisoning themselves as well as their children, because dolphin meat is even included in school lunches!
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