Tag Archives: The Cove
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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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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11Sep
The Fight to End Taiji’s Dolphin Hunts
Taiji’s Japan’s annual dolphin drive hunts have officially begun. Each year, commencing on or around September 1 and continuing for six months,
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08Feb
Returning to Taiji: A Paradox of Pain and Purpose
With Cove Monitors Alex and Cynthia currently on the ground in Taiji, Japan, Dolphin Project has continued to gather information to both
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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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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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