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A Growing Genocide

Dolphin Dolphin SlaughterSlaughter

One of the most intelligent living animals on earth,

Even if we can’t understand them.

Who can understand us,

Who's home is in the ocean, and should always be.

Saving lives, human lives.human lives.

A beauty,

That is always smiling,

But may not always be happy.

A species,

That is suddenly disappearing,

And is in serious trouble.

They’re fighting for their lives,

Right nowRight now

Taiji, JapanTaiji, Japan

The Hunt BeginsThe Hunt Begins

Off the coast of Japan, in a small fishing town

Dolphins, porpoises, and whales are driven into a small cove, each and everyday.each and everyday.

Unaware of their futures

The most attractive out of the hundreds of dolphins are taken away,

Later to be sold for over $150,000 to Sea World, and many other marine parks.

But while these dolphins are held in captivity,

What happens to the other dolphins, is least

expected.

The rest of the dolphins are brutallybrutally killed.

These dolphins are stabbedstabbed and torturedtortured to death by harpoons and knives as they try to

escape the fishermen.

Over 23,00023,000 dolphins are killed this way each yeareach year, in

this small cove.

As the water turns the crimson color of blood once again, the deceased dolphins are dragged onto boats.

These dolphins will be brought to a hidden slaughterhouse, where their meat

will be packaged and sold to stores throughout Japan.

Many Japanese citizens, including infants eat this meat, often labeled whale meat,

unaware of the danger.

The danger of the high levels of poisonous mercurypoisonous mercury found inside dolphin

meat.

The toxin can cause many diseasesdiseases such as forms of Autism, Parkinson’s Disease, and

dementia.

The citizens, though, are unaware of what is happening, to themselves, and in

that small cove.

Many of the Marine parks, such as Sea World, support this slaughter. They are willing to pay the $150,000 for dolphins

that will later be held in captivity.

This is why these dolphins are brought to the cove. Once all of the “special”

dolphins have been picked, the others are killed, instead of being released.

Many of the dolphins found in Many of the dolphins found in Dolphinarium’s, swim-with-dolphins Dolphinarium’s, swim-with-dolphins

programs, and marine parks come from programs, and marine parks come from dolphin hunts.dolphin hunts.

Please help stop this slaughter by taking the pledge not buy a ticket to a dolphin show. With your help we can put an end to

this Dolphin genocide.

By spreading the word about this slaughter to your friends and family, you are helping to save a dolphins

life.

For more information please visit www.takepart.com/thecove and

www.savejapandolphins.org.

Also for more information, please watch the documentary, The Cove.

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/blood-dolphins/dolphins/images/bottlenose-625x450..jpg

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/blood-dolphins/dolphins/images/rough-toothed-dolphin-

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http://savejapandolphins.org/press-room/

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBklpyo8XYE