Tag Archives: Dolphin Hunting
10Sep
25 Dolphins Taken Captive as Taiji Hunts Begin
Taiji, Japan: On September 1, the first day of the dolphin hunting season, hunters located a large pod of bottlenose dolphins swimming
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24Aug
Beyond the Cove: How Captivity Sustains the Hunts
Every year, the waters off Taiji, Japan, become the setting for a practice that has drawn international concern for decades. During Taiji’s
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17Jun
From Freedom to Circles: Angel’s Story
Part of being a Cove Monitor in Taiji, Japan, in addition to documenting the drive hunts, is to check on the numbers
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16Mar
Taiji’s Drive Hunt Season Has Ended
On February 28, Dolphin Project can confirm that the main part of the 2025-26 dolphin drive season ended. The smaller beaked dolphin
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12Feb
Anatomy of a Dolphin Capture
With Dolphin Project’s Cove Monitors on the ground in Taiji, Japan to close off the 2025-26 hunting season, we were able to
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01Feb
Dolphin Project Returns to Taiji
For the remainder of the 2025-26 dolphin hunting season, Dolphin Project Cove Monitors are back on the ground in Taiji, Japan. Our
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11Dec
Taiji: Nothing Justifies This Level of Cruelty
Whenever we post footage of the dolphin drive hunts in Taiji, Japan, some people immediately reach for the same predictable defenses: “Well,
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21Nov
The Pain of the Pilot Whales
Each and every dolphin driven into the infamous Cove in Taiji, Japan suffers. The suffering begins at sea as the banger boats
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08Nov
Behind the Business Side of Taiji
The Academy Award-winning documentary, The Cove brought widespread attention to the cruel and inhumane dolphin drive hunts in Taiji, Japan. Over the
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02May
What Happens During Taiji’s Off-Season?
Taiji, Japan’s infamous dolphin hunts – exposed worldwide in the 2009 Academy Award-winning documentary film The Cove – are not set to
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