Tag Archives: The Cove
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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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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20Dec
2022: A Year to Remember
If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything at all, it’s the value and importance of helping another out – no matter
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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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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
Taiji’s Dolphin Drive Hunts End for Season
19Feb
Untold Suffering of Taiji’s Risso’s Dolphins
TAIJI: Even to this day, after years of witnessing and documenting the brutal drive hunts in Taiji, Japan, the level of cruelty
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11Jan
Minke Whale Drowned in Set Nets
TAIJI: After slaughtering a minke whale almost a year ago to the day, another has died in Taiji’s fishing nets. On January
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