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November 7 ,
2007 - Taiji Dolphin transported to a life
in captivity
By Hardy Jones
This is Hardy Jones reporting from Taiji again. This is
a very busy day here suddenly. A truck has pulled up. It
is a dolphin transporter truck. And we have observed them
bringing so far one it look like a pseudorca (false killer
whale) out of the Taiji Whale Museum aquarium area and they
brought it up the hill in a truck and put it in the back
of this large carrier truck. I don’t know the destination
of the dolphin, but this dolphin is headed for a tank
someplace in Asia. It is an indication of the connection
between the drive slaughters, the killing of the dolphins
and the captivity industry. The best and most beautiful of
the dolphins that are captured are taken into captivity and
then they are sold. The demand from China is enormous
right now. The captivity part of it is really what sustains
the killing, not the killing for meat. Because the meat is
very cheap, there is less and less demand for it, but there
is more and more demand for the dolphins. And that’s
what keeps those boats going out and that’s what keeps
the dolphins being slaughtered.
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