h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hopefully this article from the Japan Times will awake the rest of Japan to the atrocities and provoke them to stop this barbarism which is bringing shame on the whole country.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/02/01/editorials/defend-dolphins-not-a-tradition/#.Uu0u9T1dUrW

"Prime Minister Shinzo Abe defended the practice in an interview with CNN and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters at a news conference that marine mammals including dolphins were “very important water resources.” Suga insisted “Dolphin fishing is one of the traditional fishing forms of our country and is carried out appropriately in accordance with the law.”

Their argument that the force of tradition justifies the herding, capturing and slaughtering of dolphins is a flimsy one. Many past cultural practices, such as slavery, bordellos and beheading were stopped for ethical reasons. Tradition and culture are forces that change in accordance with new scientific understanding and evolving ethical standards. In addition, the Taiji hunt didn’t even become institutionalized on a large scale until 1969, so its roots are quite shallow."

alec.

Another family of Dolphin left my planet today.

These sub-humans just finished knocking steel spikes into the spinal cords of a pod of some 20 Risso's Dolphins and their bodies are on the way to the butcher house in Taiji.

They have now developed a system of outriggers with tarps to prevent the cameras from capturing any images of their shameful work.

There is a strong feeling around the world that this must stop yet the Japanese Government still tries to say that it is a cultural practice and is none of our business.

I say that IT MOST CERTAINLY IS OUR BUSINESS.

On February 14th 2014 there will be worldwide protests at Japanese Embassies and Consulates condemning the slaughter of these Humans of the Sea.

Please join me and add your voices in outrage by finding the nearest location and protesting the disgraceful actions of these few morons who are protected by the Japanese Government.

http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2014/02/03/join-sea-shepherd-conservation-society-and-sea-shepherd-cove-guardians-at-world-love-for-dolphins-da-1551

thankyou.

alec.