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Monday, December 17, 2012

Be Informed ~ When You Support #SeaWorld you Support This Horror in Taiji Japan

When you BUY A TICKET to Seaworld, a Swim With Dolphins Program, or support any Entertainment Venue that has captive dolphins for Entertainment you SUPPORT THIS MISERY AND HORROR at THE KILLING COVE TAIJI JAPAN

Reprinted from Facebook: Sea Shepherd

Today in Taiji: The plight, torment and destruction of this pod of over 200 Bottlenose Dolphins has been ongoing for 6 days now. 23 Dolphins were slaughtered, as the last of the captive dolphins were taken out of the killing cove by dolphin trainers. 2 juvenile dolphins died needlessly during the capture process this week. 8 were taken captive today; a staggering 101 juvenile dolphins have been captured altogether from this pod, displaying the true motive for the drive as the Fisheries Union stands to make millions from the horrific treatment of these animals.

These dolphins' torment will continue for the rest of their lives as they are forced to entertain the very same species that stole them from their home- the ocean.

Those dolphins that were too old and marked for a life in captivity, and escaped slaughter, were released back out to sea in an absolute frenzy- desperate to get as far away from the horrors from within the cove as possible.

They will now swim with 126 dolphins less than this time last week- a majority of these dolphins represented the next generation of their family- in the coming years, their pod size will dwindle considerably...

All of this death and destruction is the direct result of the captive dolphin industry- supporting these facilities and organisations supports the destruction of wild dolphin populations.

Make the right choice.

For livestream footage from today, head to: http://taiji.ezearth.tv/

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I Weep With This Beautiful Whale Who Lost Her Life

"We lost a diamond from the sky.", while addressing this recent Great One of our Watery Spaces, who had been beached in Denmark , had just had her life stolen.

I see a puddle of tears pooling below her compassionate eye. I am understanding her tears were shed not for herself, but for those who stole her life through wrong thinking, which directly or indirectly led to wrong choices and actions. She weeps tears for them, as she knows they have yet again lost an opportunity to use her plight of being in need of rescue, as an opportunity for them to rescue themselves.

If having made the right choice to come together, as one family, one community, one nation while having co-created a plan with her and the Great Mystery that would rescue her, in essence, they would truly have started the process of helping to rescue themselves.

Despite what her family has suffered time and time again due to a society's lack of compassio
n and awareness and greed, she still choose to forgive and then to grace another opportunity for a people to make a deposit in their Karmic Bank, simply by using right thinking and right choice.

I release salted tears this moment into my watery spaces here, while reflecting in quite reverence her plight as well as for the recent fateful plight of the other children of God. By her Grace, she holds with her tears, a collective of tears within that blessed, sacred pool below her compassion filled eye; the tears also shed by all of you; Liked-minded, compassion filled Hearts striving to help her world and ours to heal. Tears shed by all of us who find ourselves connected with her, The Great Mystery, and all others traveling together within an "endless-loop-of-love".

Bless her plight and the plight of the other children who were stolen from us while eternally taking moments to remember her and the other children, for we are only dead, when we are forgotten. MCH

Reprinted from a FaceBook Post ><((((º> ♥°°°

I am weeping with this beautiful soul who lost her life yesterday ~

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Saturday, December 15, 2012

URGENT CALL TO ACTION: Save Beached Endangered HumpBack Whale

Taken from a Facebook Campaign and sharing everywhere to try and save this beautiful mind of the sea

***PLEASE TAKE ACTION NOW (!). The authorities in Texel (Netherlands) do NOT want rescue org try to save him!
Fax: +31 (0)222 362287
Phone: +31 (0)222 36 21 21
E-mail: gemeente@texel.nl
***PLEASE TAKE ACTION NOW (!). The authorities in Texe

l (Netherlands) do not want rescue org try to save him!
Fax: (0)222 362287 Phone: (0)222 36 21 21 E-mail: gemeente@texel.nl
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***Here's an e-mail that could be sent:~
E-mail:~ gemeente@texel.nl

To whom it may concern!

I am so shocked about you not letting the real experts try to save the stranded, endangered humpback whale. Did you know untrained villagers in Bali managed to do this unaided?

It is all over facebook and we are already aware that Dolfinarium Harderwijk are NOT competent to take ANY decisions about stranded whales! The Dutch authorities are being laughed at.

Thousands of people from all over the world are now following this, contacting media, and much more.

I urge you to let the rescue orgs such as The Black Fish, Sea Shepherd and others do their job at the spring tide tonight!

The world is watching you!

Please share this everywhere, with all of your networks, we need to move quickly to save this beautiful humpback whale

The story continues: Dolfinarium Harderwijk vets tried to euthanize him last night but he's still alive and kicking! So much so they've decided it's too dangerous to get near him to try again. Tonight is a spring tide, meaning it'll be higher than usual, she has one more chance to live.

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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Endangered Orcas Playing December 3rd, 2012

The endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales visited Vashon and Maury Islands on December 3, 2012, searching for salmon. As they passed Point Robinson, they burst into playful antics that have to be seen to be believed: cartwheels, breaches, tail slaps, spyhops, and beautiful synchronized swimming in their tightly knit family groups.

These orcas are free to roam where they please, unlike the ones in marine circuses like Seaworld, and they never leave their mothers. They remain in closely bonded matrilineal family groups for their entire lives, which can last over 100 years for females and over 60 years for males. They swim up to 100 miles per day.

These orcas are endangered because Seaworld got its start decades ago by capturing and selling one-third of them -- specifically targeting the babies, taking an entire generation and killing many of their mothers, who were trying desperately to protect them. (All but one of those young captured whales died in Seaworld's barren concrete tanks within a few years. The sole survivor is Lolita at the Miami Seaquarium, imprisoned alone for 42 years in a tiny bathtub-sized tank.) The population of the Southern Resident Killer Whales has never recovered to its precapture numbers, and these beloved orcas of Puget Sound remain critically endangered.

Please DO NOT give your money to Seaworld, the Miami Seaquarium, or any other marine circus. Not one of them can give these highly intelligent cetaceans even a shred of the freedom and families they were torn from. Instead, please come watch wild whales in their REAL sea world: the ocean.

Reprinted from uploaded Youtube Video: http://www.youtube.com/user/meg17mcd

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Friday, November 23, 2012

World Wide Dolphin Rallies Nov. 23-25th 2012

SEVEN COUNTRIES = NINE CITIES

9 Rallies for Dolphins and Whales in 7 cities *This Weekend*
Rallies this weekend (Nov,23-25) to shed light for the Dolphins & Whales of Taiji, Japan.
Cities: Canberra, London, LosAngeles, Miami, Milano, SaoPaulo, Vancouver, Texas and Tokyo.

Help us to spread the word!!!! Be part of it!!!! Details posted for each city on Facebook

Thank you to Sandy McElhany for this thought-provoking article;

One third of the way into following yet another killing season taking place in Taiji, Japan, it is difficult to find a single word to summarize the events that occur in a hidden cove in a small coastal village. Bizarre? Sinister? Bloody? Tragic? Ghastly? Gruesome? All of the above and then some?

On November 1, Ceta-Base, the online database of captive marine mammals around the world, reported on its facebook page:

2012/2013 Drive Fisheries page has been updated.
Since the start of the season on September 1st, 2012 a total of 407 dolphins from four species have been driven into the cove in Taiji, Japan. Of this total 156 were killed, 221 were released and 28 were live-capture, two additional animals died (one pilot whale after live-capture and one incidental death of a bottlenose following a drive). Species captured, sold & killed include: Bottlenose Dolphins (T. gilli), Risso's Dolphins (G. griseus), Short-finned Pilot Whale (G. macrorhynchus) and Striped Dolphins (S. coeruleoalba).

Among those who understand the intelligence and complex social structures of these marine mammals is a group of scholars known as the Helsinki Group, who came together in 2010 in Finland. Out of their deliberations came a document known as the Declaration of Rights for Cetaceans:

Every individual cetacean has the right to life.

No cetacean should be held in captivity or servitude; be subject to cruel treatment; or be removed from their natural environment.

All cetaceans have the right to freedom of movement and residence within their natural environment.

No cetacean is the property of any State, corporation, human group or individual.

Cetaceans have the right to the protection of their natural environment.

Cetaceans have the right not to be subject to the disruption of their cultures.

The rights, freedoms and norms set forth in this Declaration should be protected under international and domestic law.

Cetaceans are entitled to an international order in which these rights, freedoms and norms can be fully realized.

No State, corporation, human group or individual should engage in any activity that undermines these rights, freedoms and norms.

Nothing in this Declaration shall prevent a State from enacting stricter provisions for the protection of cetacean rights.

Please visit Examiner.com/ Commentary-on-a-bloody-killing-season-taiji for the complete article.


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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Join The World WIde Protest to #SaveJapansDolphins Day - Aug. 31st or Sept.1st 2012

We think~We feel~We matter

#JapanDolphinsDay2012

Please help Celebrate Japan Dolphins Day 2012 at a Japanese Embassy or Consulate near you! TO SEE A FULL LIST OF EVENT CITIES AROUND THE GLOBE, PLEASE CLICK Save Japan Dolphins Day below: this will take you to the Group on Facebook who have worked so hard to organize this event.

On August 31, 2012 rallies and peaceful protests will be held in front of Japanese Embassies & Consulates worldwide. The events are to protest the September 1 start of the annual Taiji dolphin cull as seen in the Academy-award winning documentary The Cove. The message is positive: Japan, le

t the dolphins live & be free!

Will you join us? Will you help lead an event in your community? If so, please send a message to the Adminstrators at Save Misty The Dolphin or leave a note here on the event wall. We will work with you to help set-up your event on facebook, provide on-going technical assistance from now through August 31 & include your event in any official Japan Dolphins Day 2012 communications.

Japan Dolphins Day (JDD) was founded by Ric O'Barry and Save Japan Dolphins (SJD). WE are honored to again be working with SJD & an international team of organizations & activists to help make the 2012 Japan Dolphins Day the biggest & best GLOBAL event ever to raise awareness about the plight of dolphins in Taiji.

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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Mother Grey Whale Lifts Her Baby - Incredible Whale Encounter

This is joyous and remarkable..an experience that these folks will never forget

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Friday, January 27, 2012

Save the Dolphins of Japan #TheCove

This video is a direct result of the the Acadamy Award Winning Documentary "The Cove". Like many around the world I was horrified and sickened by the brutal annual slaughter that takes place in Taiji Japan.

I knew that I had to do something, so I started a Petition on Twitter and the people signing the petition wanted to know how their voices could be heard...that led to this video...we are just a group of people that want to let the people of Japan know what is happening in their waters...we wanted to share in the message that the world will not tolerate the senseless slaughter of our dolphin friends.

Dolphins are mammals and not fish and we need to educate the people of Japan.

Thank you to everybody who participated with this project. A huge thank you to Paul Steele who spent endless hours editing the huge amount of material that I sent him..without his passion and commitment to join me this video project would not have happened..I owe him a huge debt of gratitude.

The music interludes were graciously provided by the group The Watanabees and Laura Ashton!

The combined Twitter Reach of the people who participated in this video is well over 2 million and on Facebook it reaches several million as well.

Friday, December 16, 2011

Japanese Police Are Getting Desperate in Taiji

Erwin Vermeulen - The First Cove Guardian Arrest

Erwin VermeulenSea Shepherd Cove Guardian Erwin Vermeulen, a citizen of the Netherlands, was arrested today in Taiji, while attempting to take photos of Risso’s dolphin being transferred between holding pens in the sea and the Dolphin Resort Hotel.

An employee of the Dolphin Resort Hotel merely accused Erwin of shoving him and this allegation was immediately acted upon. The police handcuffed Mr. Vermeulen and took him to the Shingu police station where he is currently being held. He has been denied a lawyer and visitation rights, even from the Dutch Embassy.

Under Japanese law, Erwin can be held for 28 days before being allowed to speak with a lawyer.

The arrest seemed pre-planned. No witnesses saw Erwin shove the employee and Erwin was not even questioned. The police simply approached him and took him away. Out of compassion for the dolphins being slaughtered in Taiji, Erwin Vermeulen travelled to Japan at his own expense to devote his time and energy to the Cove Guardian mission.

The Cove Guardians are now half way through their 2nd year in Taiji. Operation Infinite Patience is clearly wearing down the nerves of the Japanese fishermen, local politicians, and the police.

Operating inside Japan requires a completely different approach, and patience is the key to success. The Cove Guardian mission is to be ever present, recording every activity, and constantly on vigil in the face of the dolphin killers, day in and day out, for as long as dolphins are being killed. All Cove Guardians are cautioned that every move must be nonviolent and within the boundaries of Japanese law.

Last year, the Cove Guardians were present in the killing cove for six months, cutting the number of dolphin kills in half, and this year they have been on vigil since September 1st. Many dolphins have been saved.
The key to the success of this mission is in not handing the authorities any excuse to expel the Cove Guardians. For that reason, every precaution is taken to avoid breaking any laws. Erwin Vermeulen did not break any laws. He was conveniently accused of doing so. Which law, we do not know, because the Japanese police refuse to divulge that information.

All we know is that Erwin was trying to take photographs of the dolphins when he was approached by police, handcuffed, and taken to the Wakayama Prefecture police station, where he has not been seen or heard from since.

Earlier this year, when Cove Guardian Rosie Kunneke was assaulted by a Taiji fisherman, her assailant was questioned and immediately released. This clearly indicates a double standard at work, with the law being applied discriminately and unfairly against the defenders of the dolphins.

Tensions are building and it appears that the police are testing the waters. They want to see what the reaction of the international public will be before making their next move.

The police have a dilemma. How do they get rid of non-violent dolphin defenders who have not broken any laws, but are clearly disrupting the horrific, cruel slaughtering practices of the Taiji fishermen?

Arresting Erwin may be the first move in a new strategy to deter the Cove Guardians by accusing them of false offences.

The Cove Guardians will not be deterred. Original Story posted: Sea Shepherd.org

If you are reading this, please share this message, please post to your own Social Media Sites, share on Twitter and Facebook. If you have any connections with the press, please forward the link to the story!

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Sunday, October 16, 2011

Beautiful Elephant Seals - Encounters with Man

Experience the pure joy of these encounters with Elephant Seals

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Thursday, October 6, 2011

Kill The Bill - Not The Sea Lions

KILL THE BILL - NOT THE SEA LIONS

HR 3069 would amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act to allow the LETHAL REMOVAL of California Sea Lions from the Columbia River. Their crime - eating salmon!

PLEASE CALL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND URGE THEM TO OPPOSE HR 3069: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h112-3069

TO LOCATE YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS GO TO: https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD ~ HELP SAVE THE SEA LIONS! THANK YOU!!!!

Taken Directly from Facebook - To Stay Informed please visit their page
Save the Bonneville Sea Lions
If you want to read the bill before you call/email congress here is the link: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h112-3069If you want to read the bill here is the link:

This post was inspired by my good friend Sandy McElhaney

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Bottlenose Dolphins Slaughtered at The Cove

Update October 4, 2010: It is now thought the large pod of dolphins slaughtered in “The Cove were striped dolphins and not bottlenose. The striped dolphin is known to have a very low survival rate in captivity.



October 3, 2010 Today Tia Butt of Save Japan Dolphins and Rosie Kunneke, and Sarah Legg of the Cove Guardians, reported real time from The Cove that 28-30 dolphins were driven into “The Cove” inTaiji, Japan where they were brutally slaughtered. Although the fisherman had built walls to keep watchful eyes out the activists could hear the bottlenose dolphins, mothers, children, and infants thrashing in the water as the dishonorable fisherman of Taiji stabbed them until they were immobilized and then sliced out their spines causing an agonizing death lasting at time up to 10 minutes.

Please watch this video made by Dieter Hagmann last winter to understand the terrible truth about the dolphin drives in taiji:

One dolphin was spared today. That one dolphin will pay for the gas, and all expenses for todays hunt bringing in close to $200,000 from a swim with dolphins program, marine park, or aquarium. The dolphin spared today will be put into a tiny sea pen where his training through food deprivation will begin. Then in one years time he or she will be packed in iced and shipped to a life of captivity and slavery, an early death being certain. Please watch A fall From Freedom a movie that documents the connection between SeaWorld and the dolphin drives of Japan http://afallfromfreedom.org/.
We must work with the people of Japan to end this cruel slaughter. By supporting Japanese businesses that are promoting eco-tourism and dolphin appreciation we can demonstrate that supporting the dolphins in the wild can be profitable. Please support Izumi Ishii because he is our hope for the future. His t-shirts are wonderful and his tours are taking the Japanese coastlines away from whaling and towards eco-tourism.


Izumi Ishii A Champion for Dolphins

http://kohkaimaru.com/?profile&l=2
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Please Join the movement to save the dolphins of Taiji
http://www.savejapandolphins.org/
And if you haven’t already please watch The Cove
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/cove/
Please send love, energy, and strength to the one remaining dolphin of the pod as he or she swims in the blood of their loved ones wondering what kind of monster is this creature that walks on land. She or she has many years of sorrow and pain ahead. This pod will never be forgotten.

Guest Post by Kirsten Massebeau
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

SeaWorld TIED Directly to the Annual Dolphin Slaughter in Taiji Japan

The filmmaker, Stanley M. Minasian, is dedicated to educating the public on these and other critical issues, and is fully supportive of any efforts made to help these animals that have no voice of their own. And remember, there is nothing that you might choose to do that is so small that it won’t make a difference. It all matters – from signing petitions to showing up in person in Taiji – it will help.

Below is the trailer of this visually stunning movie, for the full free version A Fall From Freedom

Narrated by Mike Farrell (M*A*S*H, Providence), A Fall From Freedom digs deep into the history of the captive dolphin and whale industry. Topics covered in the film include:
-Sea World representatives secretly promoted the Japanese dolphin drives where thousands of animals are driven to shore and brutally killed, in order to provide their parks with replacement animals, says Dr. John Hall, former Sea World biologist.
-There is no educational value to having whales or dolphins in a captive environment, states former Sea World biologist Dr. John Hall and former Sea World killer whale trainer Dr. John Jett.
-Contrary to the claims of many marine parks and aquariums, captive killer whales die far more frequently and at a far earlier age than they do in the wild, says Dr. Naomi Rose, biologist for Humane Society International.
-Sea World has been involved in illegal and unethical actions to assure their parks are well stocked with killer whales, states former Sea World biologist Dr. John Hall.
-The Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums has worked tirelessly to reduce government oversight on the health and well-being of captive whales and dolphins, states Dr. Naomi Rose.
-Sea World representatives have claimed that whales and dolphins are not highly intelligent, sophisticated, and social animals. Dr. Lori Marino, a leading expert on killer whale intelligence and social dynamics, asserts that their intelligence and social dependence is second only to humans.
-Sea World and other marine parks claimed that the rehabilitation and release back to the wild of Keiko, star of the Free Willy movie, was a failure from the start. Dave Phillips of the Free Willy-Keiko Foundation argues that the project was a rousing success, which proved that these animals can be taken from captivity, rehabilitated and returned to the wild.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Dolphin Midwives and Underwater Birth

Igor Charkovsky, a Russian male mid-wife has assisted in over 20,000 underwater births, but in 1979 he began experiments with dolphins and children. His daughter, one of the first modern water-birthers, was in her late twenties when the following incident happened. Charkovsky and his team had taken a woman to the Black Sea in Israel for an underwater birth. In two feet of water, preparing for the birth, suddenly three dolphins approached, pushed everyone out of the way and took over. They scanned the length of her body (with sonar?), which somehow relaxed the mother and child and gave birth with no pain or fear. Apparently all the human midwives were pretty shocked though. This opened up the new practice of ‘Dolphin mid-wivery’ which may sound strange, but fits in with the new breed of super-children that are currently coming in to existence.

For some reason, dolphins are attracted to pregnant women and young children and as most people are aware, the dolphins can also help heal people with mental and psychological problems. But the children, who are being born with the aid of dolphins, at least with the cases documented in Russia, are extraordinary children. Most of the have IQ’s of over 150 (genius range again), plus extremely stable emotional bodies and strong physical bodies. They are superior in one way or another.

The below video shows a dolphin assisting a mother in giving birth underwater

There are videos that document these babies and children up to age three, sleeping on the bottom of swimming pools. They even come up for air whilst still asleep and turn their heads over the surface of the water, take a breath, then go back to the bottom. It is as though this is their natural home. Some people call them ‘Homodolphinus’ , because they seem to have the characteristics of humans and dolphins. Water is becoming their natural environment, plus they are also super intelligent.

There is ample evidence that humans once had a much more intrinsic connection with water. Charkovsky believes that mans close affinity with aquatic animals can be explained by our common origins in water in our mammalian history. In the book The Aquatic Ape, Elaine Morgan gives a fascinating account of the aquatic theory of evolution. According to Morgan, our aquatic affinity goes back millions of years to the Pilocene age, when our ape ancestors lived a semi-aquatic life on the coastline to escape the extreme heat which occurred due to climatic change. By wading in the sea, our ancestors began to walk upright and lost their body hair and developed a layer of sub-cutaneous fat like other aquatic mammals, to protect them from the cooler temperatures of the water. Today, we still have this layer of sub-cutaneous fat.

Source: Wake Up World

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Monday, August 15, 2011

Who Do You Think You Are? Countdown to #TheCove

Who Do You Think You Are?
Reprinted with permission from: Save Misty The Dolphin

AP Photo of Taiji dolphin hunters and their prey

As the days leading to September 1 dwindle down to a mere handful, the thoughts of caring people the world over turn to a small coastal village in the southern portion of Japan. Taiji, made famous by the Academy-award winning documentary, The Cove, is ground zero for the annual slaughter of hundreds to thousands of dolphins.

The footage in the youtube video, Who Do You Think You Are? is straight from Taiji. Warning: Graphic pictures

The numbers of the Taiji dolphin hunters are small -- less than 30. Yet, armed with high-tech equipment, they are able to round-up and drive large pods of dolphins from their peaceful migration route in the Pacific Ocean into the shallow waters of the killing cove. Most of the dolphins who are trapped in the cove will face a bloody death. A small percentage will escape the spear only to face a lonely life as a performer in a dolphin show. Dolphin trainers literally come into the Cove and hand pick dolphins to be trained. From September 2010 to March 2011, 850 dolphins were killed in the Cove. Another 171 were sold into slavery.

During the 2010-2011 hunt, activists were in Taiji throughout the season. Their powerful videos and photos graphically depicted the shocking brutality of the Cove. This year, the dolphin hunters will be supported by enhanced police and coast guard protection.

Now, more than ever, the dolphins of Taiji need YOUR support. Please become a part of the international movement to stop the slaughter once and for all. YOU can make a difference. Here is how:

Watch The Cove movie & share it with a friend. Become a part of the world’s largest home screening of The Cove on September 1 by signing-up at:

Worldwide Screening of the Cove Movie on September 1, 2011

Join in a peaceful protest or rally at Japanese Embassies & Consulates around the world on September 1 as part of the International Day of Awareness for the Dolphins of Taiji
Sign and share our Petition
Call your Japanese Embassy and tell them to STOP the Taiji dolphin slaughter today:

In the United States call: 202-238-6700

In the United Kingdom call: 020-7465-6500

In Canada call: 613-241-8541

In Australia call: 61-2-6273-3244

In France call: 01-48-88-62-00

In Germany call: 030-21094-0

In Italy call: 39-06-487-991

In Norway call: 47-22-99-16-00

In New Zealand call: 04-473-1540

Contact information for all other countries can be found here:

List of Japanese Embassies Worldwide

It has been said that one person, giving all of their time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history. Let’s make history together. The water of the Taiji cove needs to stay blue - now and forever. YOU can help make that happen #DolphinsLoveUs ><((((º> ♥°°°♫ ♫ .

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Saturday, August 6, 2011

Count Down to #TheCove - World-Wide Telephone Protest

Taken and reposted directly from FaceBook

05 August at 09:00 - 02 September at 12:00
Location
Facebook /Telephone Protest
Created by:
Kirsten Massebeau

On September 1st 26 dolphin hunters, and the horrific Whale Museum open their Season . Each year 1000's of dolphins are slaughtered and captured for dolphinariums world wide in "The Cove" . Their methods of killing are cruel beyond the imagination as seen in the newly released video by Dieter Hagmann as he goes behind the blue tarp to film a dolphins worst nightmare (warning: graphic and disturbing) http://www.atlanticblue.de/neu/atlanticblue_01.html

On September 1st the world is standing up for Dolphins. There are 24 Events listed on Save Japan Dolphins and more are being organized everyday.

For the rest of August let us call the Japanese Embassies Monday thru Friday World Wide. Let's make them aware that the world now knows the truth about Taiji, and how they are abusing, and brutally murdering the sacred dolphins.

Urge Japan stop the 26 dolphin hunters and the Whale Museum from bringing shame on Japan!

Australia + 61 (0) 262 7332 3244

Brazil +556134424200

Canada +1 613 241 8541

Ireland 3153 (0) 1 202 8300

India 00-91-11-2687-6581/
4610-4610
Japan 03-3224-5000

London + 44 (0) 207 465 6500

Mexico +525552110028

Netherlands +31703469544

New Zealand + 64 (0) 4 473 1540

France +33148886200

Italy +39-06-487-991

South Africa + 27 (0) 12 452 1500

Spain +34915907600

Sweden +46771235235

Thailand 02-207-8500 / 02-696-3000

Venezuela +81456632988

Washington D.C. +1202-238-6900

Contact Japan Directly - Phone Numbers and Emails

Contact Emails for Japanese Universities

Contact Emails for Japanese Embassy's Around the World

When you are contacting the Embassies please use this phrase: Iruka-No-Kokyo (it means, please do not kill dolphins)
Sample Open Letter to Japanese Consulate

The Dolphin Hunters do not care that they are brutally slaughtering pregnant females, babies and young dolphins. They Have No Voice, They Need Yours ><((((º> ♥°°°♫ ♫ .

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Countdown to Taiji Japan - The Cove

A young Italian Activist Jenni Bianki made this video about the dolphins of Taiji and September 1st.

The dolphins of Taiji need our help. The horrible and senseless slaughters at #TheCove in Taiji Japan are about to begin. The hunting season opens on September 1st. and despite what the world was hoping for after the tragic tsunami, the hunts will resume. Every year 23,000 migratory dolphins are cruelly and brutally murdered. This includes pregnant females, nursing mothers, babies and young jeuveniles..it is a horrendous site.

So what can you do to help? If you are on facebook, go over and join this page: Save Misty the Dolphin
There is a ton of information posted on this page about how you can become involved.

The same group of amazing dedicated people created this site as well preparing for the Countdown to September 1st. There is alot of information available here as well: Count Down to Cove

And finally, if you are new to this issue and want to really understand why hundreds of thousands of ordinary people are taking action and becoming involved, you need to watch the Award Winning Academy Documentary "The Cove". To watch it free online: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/cove/

We encourage you to share this link with your circle of influence and if you have any Japanese friends it is a must watch. This horrible annual slaughter will only end once the people of Japan become aware of what is happening and demand change from their Government .
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Friday, July 15, 2011

Eye to Eye with a Massive Whale

Eye To Eye With A Massive Whale from Earth Touch on Vimeo.

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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Dolphins Can Be Traumatized by Swimming with People

Dolphins are too clever to be used as performing animals in theme parks and should not be forced to swim with people because it can leave them traumatized, according to experts.

The creatures have long since been thought of as the most intelligent of animals and a new study has found their brains are second only to humans in size.

Lori Marino, a neuroscientist at Emory university in Atlanta, US, will tell the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference their high intelligence means they can suffer psychological problems linked to being captured and confined.

She said dolphins could be traumatised by being kept in a theme park or by swimming with tourists.

Dr Marino said: "Our current knowledge of dolphin brain complexity and intelligence suggests that these practices are potentially psychologically harmful to dolphins and present a misinformed picture of their natural intellectual capacities.

"Dolphins are sophisticated, self-aware, highly intelligent beings with individual personalities, autonomy and an inner life. They are vulnerable to tremendous suffering and psychological trauma."
Her research could raise questions for dolphin parks offering interaction with the mammals, who have been said to have healing qualities.

Disabled people have often cited the health benefits of swimming with dolphins.

Mark Simmons, science director for the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, said: "I do think we need to be very careful, not just swimming with dolphins but also watching them from boats as well.

"One of the indicators of intelligence unfortunately is that they can suffer in the same way we suffer.
"I'm quite sure they suffer in the ways that are very similar to us."

New evidence reveals dolphins have the biggest brains in the animal kingdom. For the rest of this story please read here: telegraph.co.uk

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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Sharon Osbourne, Don’t Swim with Dolphins!

Guest Post by: Ocean Activist

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Sharon Osbourne recently participated in a Swim with Dolphins program and that attracted the attention of those who believe dolphins should not be forced to live in captivity. I am an ocean activist so I am in conflict with Sharon Osbourne, but I must clarify what I mean by “conflict”. I define it as something that is caused by having a different level of understanding of an issue. At first glance, Swim with Dolphin programs appear benign, but there is a darker, more sinister reality.

I am neither a fan nor a detractor of Sharon Osbourne. I understand from friends who follow celebrities that she is an articulate, hard-working professional who is extremely committed to her projects. Sharon, we have a project for you. Please join our campaign to put an end to whale and dolphin captivity.

Dolphins in captivity have a very high death rate and they suffer from pneumonia, various infections, stomach ulcers, and stress, and whales and dolphins that are born in captivity often die within the first weeks or months of their lives. Dolphins are amazing, highly social, sentient creatures and captivity causes endless pain and suffering. The optics of Swim with Dolphin programs are enhanced by smoke and mirrors, but make no mistake, there is pain behind the dolphins’ smile.

The horrific dolphin slaughter in Taiji is driven by the live dolphin trade. I am a Cove Veteran and I have witnessed the dolphin slaughter in Taiji. The dolphins that survive this brutal drive fishery are traumatized because they witnessed the death of their families. These captives are packed in coffin-like boxes filled with ice and shipped as cargo. They then spend the remainder of their lives “dying to amuse us”.

Please watch the Academy Award winning move, “The Cove”. If you love dolphins, seeing this movie is a life-changing experience. Here is something else you should see. PSA "My Friend Is"

Folks, we want Sharon’s support, so please, no personal attacks. I have no quarrel with Sharon, but I acknowledge we have a different level of understanding regarding dolphin captivity and we hope to close the gap.

Sharon, come stand with the Cove Guardians in Taiji. When you speak, people will listen. The dolphins need you because the slaughter starts again in September.

For the Oceans,

Janice

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