Japan’s Whaling fleet left port today for Antartica with the intent to kill 935 minke whales, 50 Fin Whales, and 50 Humpback Whales, going against the International Whaling Commissions ban on killing humpback whales. They are targeting the humpback whales for the first time since the 1960′s. Greenpeace has a ship outside their port and will be trying [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Dolphin Suffering'
Japan Whaling Fleet Leaves For Antartica
November 18th, 2007 · No Comments · Dolphin Suffering
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Iran Dolphin Stranding
November 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Dolphin Suffering
In September and October, 2007 over 150 striped dolphins were found washed up on the Iranian coast. Apparently they had beached themselves. There is suspicion that the U.S. Navy submarines were using their Low Frequency Active Sonar in the area, which has been proven to kill dolphins by causing brain hemorrhages. What a tragedy. Humans [...]
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Japanese Eating Whale Burgers
November 12th, 2007 · No Comments · Dolphin Suffering
A chain of restaurant on the northern island of Hokkaido, Japan has started serving whale burgers made from minke whale meat with the hope of increasing it’s popularity among the locals. The IWC has allowed the Japanese to kill 700 minke whale a year for scientific purposes and now we really know they are killing [...]
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Recent Dolphin Slaughter
November 5th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Dolphin News, Dolphin Suffering
At this time of year Japanese Fishermen are killing dolphins in Japan They chase the dolphins into coastal bays and then slaughter them for their meat while keeping some alive to sell to Aquariums for about $50,000.00 each. Big business. Right? Because money is what talks in our self absorbed human world. Despite mounting worldwide [...]
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