I haven't really explained about what happens in Taji, Japan at the cove, so this is what this post will be about.
The cove is near a migratory route that dolphins have been using for years. About 10-15 boats go out with long metal poles, and hit these with hammers. This scares the dolphins since their strongest sense is sonar and hearing. The dolphins in a panic swim away from these boats, herding them towards the cove, where their deaths await them. After the dolphins are getting closer to the cove nets are put down, so the chances of escaping are slim. The dolphins are left for the night until the fishermen return. During this time period panic rises and several baby dolphins or adults brake rib cages due to the thrashing of other dolphins. Some may even die. When the sun rises this is when dolphin trainers from all over the world look for the famous female bottle-nosed dolphins to bring back and train for dolphin shows. The ones that aren't selected are then to be slaughtered. The fishermen just jab their spears into the water hitting whatever is close to them. This is a very slow and painful process, because they are stabbed and left swimming in their own blood just trying to survive. Soon that small lagoon will be full of blood, no blue will remain. After the water is silent, a few divers screen the bottom of that small body of water looking for any alive or dead dolphins. Soon the boats will be out again herding in the next load of dolphins to slaughter. The next ones to enter their death beds. The silence of the water concludes a day of good work performed by the fishermen.
The cove is near a migratory route that dolphins have been using for years. About 10-15 boats go out with long metal poles, and hit these with hammers. This scares the dolphins since their strongest sense is sonar and hearing. The dolphins in a panic swim away from these boats, herding them towards the cove, where their deaths await them. After the dolphins are getting closer to the cove nets are put down, so the chances of escaping are slim. The dolphins are left for the night until the fishermen return. During this time period panic rises and several baby dolphins or adults brake rib cages due to the thrashing of other dolphins. Some may even die. When the sun rises this is when dolphin trainers from all over the world look for the famous female bottle-nosed dolphins to bring back and train for dolphin shows. The ones that aren't selected are then to be slaughtered. The fishermen just jab their spears into the water hitting whatever is close to them. This is a very slow and painful process, because they are stabbed and left swimming in their own blood just trying to survive. Soon that small lagoon will be full of blood, no blue will remain. After the water is silent, a few divers screen the bottom of that small body of water looking for any alive or dead dolphins. Soon the boats will be out again herding in the next load of dolphins to slaughter. The next ones to enter their death beds. The silence of the water concludes a day of good work performed by the fishermen.
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