Tag Archives: Dolphin Slaughter
02Jan
How Taiji Profits off of Dolphins’ Suffering
Why do dolphin hunters in Taiji continue to capture hundreds of dolphins and force them into the town’s infamous killing cove year
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05Dec
Do Dolphin Trainers Condone Taiji’s Dolphin Hunts?
We’ve asked ourselves the same question – over and over. How can dolphin trainers work alongside dolphin hunters, with an aquarium industry
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19Nov
Taiji Dolphin Sales are Being Revealed
Over the past several months, Japanese organization Life Investigation Agency (LIA) has been sorting through and translating 1000s of documents acquired from
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03Sep
Our Activism in Taiji: Present and Future
My name is Ren Yabuki from the Japanese environmental NGO Life Investigation Agency (LIA). I would like to take this opportunity to
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17May
Redaction of Taiji Public Records Ruled Illegal
Osaka, 5/17/24: Despite an appeal filed last year by the town of Taiji, the Osaka High Court ruled on May 17, 2024
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02Mar
Taiji’s Dolphin Drive Season Ends in Dramatic Decline
Far fewer dolphins were slaughtered or taken captive during the 2023/24 dolphin hunting season in Taiji, Japan than any other year since
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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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27Nov
Is Demand for Captive Dolphins Decreasing?
After a three year absence from documenting the dolphin drive hunts, I returned to Taiji recently. While I always hope that each
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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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01Sep
Ric O’Barry Returns to Japan
Taiji Dolphin Hunts Resume TOKYO, September 1, 2023: When the wheels touched down at Narita International Airport, in Tokyo earlier this week,
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