Tag Archives: dolphin drives
19Jan
Taiji Appeals Ruling by Wakayama District Court
On April 22, 2022, Ren Yabuki, Director of Life Investigation Agency in conjunction with Dolphin Project, filed a lawsuit against the town
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12Dec
Let’s Keep Making Progress for Dolphins
After a three-year absence, I returned to Taiji in November. Due to the pandemic, Dolphin Project Cove Monitors were unable to be
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18Oct
Bottlenose Dolphins Hunted by Taiji Fishermen
Update – October 19, 2023: Two of the bottlenose dolphins held overnight in the Cove have been selected for captivity, and another
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29Sep
Huge Blow to Taiji’s Dolphin Drive Fishery
Wakayama District Court Judge rules in Life Investigation Agency’s favor. WAKAYAMA, Wakayama Prefecture, September 29, 2023: In a ruling by Wakayama District
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03Mar
Season Over for Taiji’s Dolphin Drive Hunts
Dolphin Project can confirm that February 28 was the last day of Taiji, Japan’s dolphin drive hunts for the 2022/23 season. As
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07Feb
Will Japan Ever Acknowledge Dolphins’ Suffering?
Each year from approximately September 1 to March 1, a large-scale hunt of dolphins takes place in the small village of Taiji,
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14Nov
Dolphin Exploitation, Not Tradition
When a species is harassed, chased, hunted and slaughtered; when parents are killed and the young are left to fend for themselves;
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27Aug
Town of Taiji Sued Over Dolphin Dealings
Just mere days before the 2022/23 dolphin hunting season is anticipated to commence, the town of Taiji, Japan is being sued. Ren
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22Mar
Taiji’s Massive Captive Dolphin Inventory
Taiji, Japan: It might take a moment to realize that each pen documented in our cover image contains a captive dolphin. Some
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02Mar