Folks the whales and dolphins are sacred wise beings who do important energy work for mother earth and all of humanity. To be slaughtered in this fashion shows ignorance that is of the charts. I beseach all of you around the world and in particular in Japan to request wiser choices that honour your children , country and the cetaceans. Help where you can please! cheers Tami

The Talji Dolphin Capture and Slaughter in Japan

There are mixed reports coming out of Talji with regard to the persistent murder and torture of dolphins by the local fisherman. Just days ago, we were elated to hear that protests from animal activists who had come to Japan at the onset of the kill season had seemed to block the kill. Then we heard that there were now eighty dolphins in the Talji marina, awaiting to be slaughtered or sold off to some innane seaworld zoo for human entertainment. There is no verification of that count anywhere in the reliable alternative media sources.

For starters, let us celebrate the fact that dolphin lovers from around the world have started migrating to Talji to protest the coming season. Sea Shepherds, forever vigilant for the Cetaceans, are very possibly planning to cut the fishermans’ nets, as they did in 2003, in the event the fisherman bring in the dolphins to be massacred. The human voice is rising! And we WILL stop this.

The latest reports are that ten dolphins have been captured at the Cove, made famous in the movie of the same. Sea Shepherds are calling for people to come to Talji to help them protect the dolphins.. “The dolphins need defenders at the Cove today and tomorrow,” said Michael Dalton of Sea Shepherd Brisbane, who is leading the Sea Shepherd team on the ground at Taiji. “If you came to Japan to save dolphins, the place to be is Taiji and the time to be here is now.”

Meanwhile, for those of you who often ask me “what can we do?” Please listen carefully. I am calling on everyone imaginable – everyone listening and all of your contacts, listening to YOU – to get the Japanese Embassy’s telephone and email numbers in the city closest to you and call, write, and email the Ambassador of the Embassy with your protest and disdain for the Talji dolphin slaughters. (we will get to the whales in a second breath). Bombard them, please, with your condemnation. It is absolutely unthinkable that the government has yet to intervene and stop the senseless killing of more than twenty-three thousand (yes, you heard that right) dolphins and pilot whales in Japan alone. 23,000 dolphins a year.

Remember: the dolphins and whales and other sea mammals are under attack from every direction: toxic pollution, killing and slaughter, abduction into human water zoos, hunting, oil spills, navy sonar attacks. ONLY WE HUMAN BEINGS can save them. It’s up to us NOW. PLEASE CARE enough to send an email as a conscious, determined spirit warrior.

Some important links where you can keep abreast of what is going on:

http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/sea-shepherd-news.html

http://www.savejapandolphins.org/