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Japanese Cove Town to Release Dolphins

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(Newser) – The Japanese town that triggered a furor after a documentary highlighted its dolphin slaughter is granting a reprieve to 100 of the animals, reports AP. Some 50 dolphins will be sold to aquariums, and the remainder of the 100 trapped for yesterday's first hunt of the season will be released back to the sea. The town of Taiji made the decision in response to anger triggered by the film, The Cove, which showed bay waters turned red with blood in the town slaughter.

"I am elated," said Ric O'Barry, the one-time trainer of American TV celebrity dolphin Flipper and director of The Cove. "When I heard that, I did a backflip off the bed." It's not yet clear if Taiji will permanently end the dolphin slaughter. Some 50 pilot whales were killed yesterday in the town hunt.

Marine Mammal specialist Ric O'Barry looks at dolphins in a tank at Whales Museum during his tour to Taiji, western Japan, earlier this month.
Marine Mammal specialist Ric O'Barry looks at dolphins in a tank at Whales Museum during his tour to Taiji, western Japan, earlier this month.   (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
Trainers feed dolphins in an enclosure in the early morning in Taiji, western Japan, early this month.
Trainers feed dolphins in an enclosure in the early morning in Taiji, western Japan, early this month.   (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa)
A fishing boat sails off Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. The Japanese town chronicled in
A fishing boat sails off Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. The Japanese town chronicled in "The Cove" for its dolphin hunt freed much of the season's first catch, following a global outcry.   (AP Photo/Minami Kishu Shimbun via Kyodo News)
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Alan_Harrington
Sep 10, 09 8:29 AM CDT
"we don't like what you have been doing for generations, and since we don't like it you can't do it!" BS Reply
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Alan_Harrington
Sep 10, 09 8:31 AM CDT
maybe they should focus on shutting down some of the KFC chicken factories or possibly the egg factories, now that is some f'd up, inhumane, unnecessary shit Reply
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Mr.C
Sep 10, 09 8:43 AM CDT
Have you seen dolphins get slaughtered? what makes you think that is any less f'd up and inhumane? as for unnecessary, dolphins are not a vital part of a nation's diet.
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Alan_Harrington
Sep 10, 09 8:52 AM CDT
no, i'm not saying it's any more or any less, i just think that we need to take care of our own problems first before we go and change other cultures way of life. yeah i have seen the slaughter, and it is disgusting. i'm no activist by anymeans, but it all seems unnecessary
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BoZo
Sep 10, 09 12:47 PM CDT
Have you seen baby male chicks 'HUMANELY EUTHANIZED" or thrown into a grinder to put it simply. Not that I don't love me some chicken wings. sorry.
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