Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Dolphin Hunts Resume in Japan

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Dolphin Hunts Resume in Japan

Fishing boats are now putting to sea to herd pods of bottlenose dolphins, Risso’s Dolphins, pilot whales and other species into bays where they will be slaughtered for meat or taken into a lifetime of captivity. Twenty thousand dolphins and small whales will die this year and every year until this crime against nature is stopped.

“I have heard the desperate cries of the dolphins as they struggle for air in the confines of the nets. I’ve seen mothers fighting in blood soaked water to find their calves. I’ve watched as young dolphins struggle against their captors wrestling them into slings that will carry them to a lifetime in cement tanks. We must stop this horror and we can” BlueVoice founder and director, Hardy Jones.

JOIN WORLDWIDE PROTEST

At 12 noon on Saturday 8th October, BlueVoice and other marine conservationists and concerned individuals will gather at Japanese consulates and embassies in over 40 cities worldwide, as part of a peaceful international protest against the annual Japanese drive fisheries. International condemnation can end this ghastly practice. YOU can make a difference. PLEASE JOIN US.

Here are some of the cities where demonstrations will be held.

New York, 299 Park Ave. at 49th. St.

San Francisco, 50 Freemont St. Suite 2300

Washington, DC., 2520 Massachussets Ave. NW

Miami, Brickell Bay View Center, 80 SW 8th. ST.

Paris (at 14h30) –7 avenue Hoche, Metro Courcelles

London, 101 – 104 Picadilly.

Vancouver, 800-1177 West Hastings St.


Demonstrations will be held in other cities as well.

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