CNN coverage of The Cove and Taiji Japan. Dolphins killed in Japans controversial hunt By Tim Hume and Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo (CNN) - The slaughter of dolphins has begun again in a small Japanese village, in a controversial annual hunt that pits Western environmentalist values against what locals say are traditional hunting practices. Taiji, a coastal town of 3,500 people in the Japanese prefecture of Wakayama, has a dolphin hunting season from September to March every year. Local fishermen are permitted by the Wakayama prefectural government to hunt an annual quota of nearly 2,000 dolphins and porpoises from seven different species, in accordance with what the government says is traditional practice. Most of the dolphins are killed for their meat, but many are sold live to aquariums around the world.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 14:02:15 +0000
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