Japan Dolphin Hunting
In Japan dolphins are seen as a nuisance that negatively impact. Hunting of whales and dolphins in Japan dates back 5000 to 8000 years with dolphin bones including a stone tool made with a bone unearthed in the era. Dolphin Slaughter Turns Sea Red As Japan Hunting Season Returns Whaling The Guardian Over twenty-two thousand dolphins have been killed by drive hunting in various waters throughout Japan. Japan dolphin hunting . The hunt sees the animals driven into a cove where most are slaughtered for their meat with knives in shallow. A main stated purpose of the dolphin hunt is to provide dolphin meat to the Japanese people though it is not widely popular and only a small minority of people in Japan actually eat the meat. Although the hunting of dolphins is widely condemned in the West many in Japan defend the practice as a local custom -- and say it is no different to the slaughter of other animals for meat. In current times this is not the case. The Taiji dolphin drive h...