Worldwide Protest Against the Slaughter of Dolphins in Taiji October 7, 2005

An international day of protest has been organized to urge the Japanese authorities to ban the slaughter of dolphins.

Every year, fishermen in Japan hunt and kill about 20,000 dolphins and small whales in the most brutal way imaginable. This is the largest massacre of dolphins anywhere in the world. The fishermen say they kill the dolphins primarily as a form of "pest control." They say the dolphins eat too many fish, and that they are simply eradicating the competition. We need to let them know that these crimes against nature are unacceptable to the rest of the world. Help us send a powerful message to the Japanese dolphin hunters and their government: STOP THE DOLPHIN SLAUGHTER