Dolphin drive hunting 4205756 225583757 2008-07-14T12:34:48Z Rjwilmsi 203434 no 'of' between a month and a year per [[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_%28dates_and_numbers%29#Longer_periods|MOS]] using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{See also|whaling}} [[Image:Hvalba 26-08-06 (3).jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Atlantic White-sided Dolphin]] caught in a drive hunt in [[Hvalba]] on the [[Faroe Islands]] being taken away with a forklift]] '''Dolphin drive hunting''', also called '''dolphin drive fishing''', is a method of [[hunting]] [[dolphins]] and occasionally other small [[cetacean]]s by driving them together with boats and then usually into a bay or onto a beach. Their escape is prevented by closing off the route to the open sea or ocean with boats and nets. Dolphins are hunted this way in several places around the world. The largest number of dolphins are hunted using this method in [[Japan]], however the practice also occurs on the [[Solomon Islands]], the [[Faroe Islands]], and [[Peru]]. Dolphins are mostly hunted for their meat; some are captured and end up in [[dolphinarium]]s. Despite the highly controversial nature of the hunt resulting in international criticism and the possible health risk that the often polluted meat causes, many thousands of dolphins are caught in drive hunts each year. ==Drive hunting in Japan== {{Seealso|Whaling in Japan}} [[Image:Drivehunt1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Dead Striped Dolphins in a boat]] In Japan, [[Striped dolphin|Striped]], [[Pantropical Spotted Dolphin|Spotted]], [[Risso's dolphin|Risso's]], and [[Bottlenose dolphins]] are most commonly hunted, but several other species such as the [[False Killer Whale]] are also occasionally caught. A small number of [[Orca]]s have been caught in the past. Striped Dolphins are now considered [[Endangered species|endangered]] in the area, but they continue to be hunted in smaller numbers.<ref>Extract from Reeves et al. (2003, pp. 45-46) at [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/20731/all IUCN red list of threatened species], retrieved on June 21, 2008.</ref> In 2004, according to the Japanese government, 554 Striped Dolphins, 475 Bottlenose Dolphins, 437 Risso's Dolphins, and 63 [[Pilot Whale|Southern Short Finned Pilot Whales]] were captured in drive hunts, for a total of 1,537 animals.<ref>National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries (2005), [http://www.jfa.maff.go.jp/whale/document/2005progressreport.pdf Japanese progress report on small cetacean research], article retrieved on June 21, 2008.</ref> The catch quota set by the Japanese government allows for around 3,000 dolphins to be captured annually.<ref>William Rossiter (2005), [http://csiwhalesalive.org/csi05402.html Whales Alive! - Vol. XIV No. 4 - October 2005], article retrieved June 21, 2008.</ref> These numbers do not include dolphins and other small whale species killed using various other methods however, such as offshore [[harpoon]] hunts, in which mainly [[porpoise]]s are killed. The Japanese town of [[Taiji, Wakayama|Taiji]] on the [[Kii peninsula]] is notorious for its drive hunts and as of now the only town left in Japan where drive hunting still takes place on a large scale. Also infamous is the town of Futo, however no drive hunts have taken place there in the last few years, the last known hunt having taken place there in 2004.<ref>[http://www.elc.uvic.ca/documents/Vancouver%20&%20Enoshima%20Aquariums.pdf The Vancouver Park Board and the International Dolphin Trade], presentation retrieved June 21, 2008.</ref> Taiji on the other hand is stepping up its dolphin slaughter programs, having recently approved an estimated ¥330 million for the construction of a massive cetacean slaughterhouse in Taiji in an effort to "popularize the consumption of dolphins in the country".<ref name="JapanTimes">Jun Hongo (2007), staff writer for The Japan Times. [http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070904a3.html Media ignoring mercury-tainted dolphin meat: assemblyman], The Japan Times article retrieved June 21, 2008.</ref> This comes after another highly debated issue concerning the fact that Taiji is hoping to expand its school lunch programs to include dolphin and whale meat, despite recent discoveries of mercury and [[methylmercury]] over ten times the limit imposed by the Japanese Health Ministry.<ref name="JapanTimes"/> ===Method=== In Japan, the hunting is done by a select group of fishermen.<ref>Paul Kenyon (2004), reporter for the BBC. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/this_world/3956355.stm BBC's dining with the dolphin hunters], retrieved on June 21, 2008.</ref> When a pod of dolphins has been spotted, they're driven into a [[bay]] by the fishermen while banging on metal rods in the water to scare and confuse the dolphins. When the dolphins are in the bay, it is quickly closed off with nets so the dolphins cannot escape. The dolphins are usually not caught and killed immediately, but instead left to calm down over night. The following day, the dolphins are caught one by one and killed. The killing of the animals used to be done by slitting their throats, but the Japanese government banned this method and now dolphins may officially only be killed by driving a metal pin into the neck of the dolphin, which causes them to die within seconds.<ref>Kjeld Duits (2005), Japan correspondent for Environmental News Service (ENS). [http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2005/2005-10-07-06.asp Activists Worldwide Protest Japan's Dolphin Slaughter], ENS article retrieved on June 21, 2008.</ref> This ban has not seemed to have been enforced though, as eyewitness reports of similar throat-slitting and evisceration style killings were reported as late as October and November 2006.<ref>Boyd Harnell (2007), special reporter for The Japan Times. [http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fe20070214a1.html Eyewitness to slaughter in Taiji's killing coves], The Japan Times article retrieved on June 21, 2008.</ref> ===Entertainment industry=== [[Image:dolsling.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Bottlenose Dolphin being lifted onto the back of a truck]] Occasionally, some of the captured dolphins are left alive and taken to mainly, but not exclusively, Japanese dolphinariums.<ref>[http://www.onevoice-ear.org/english/campaigns/marine_mammals/memo.html Internal memo from the Japanese aquarium industry], retrieved on June 21, 2008.</ref> In the past, dolphins have also been exported to the [[United States]] for several parks including the well known [[SeaWorld]] parks, however this stopped after the US [[National Marine Fisheries Service]] refused a permit for [[Six Flags Marine World|Marine World Africa USA]] to import four False Killer Whales caught in a Japanese drive hunt. In recent years, dolphins from the Japanese drive hunts have been exported to [[China]] and [[Taiwan]].<ref>Courtney S.Vail and Denise Risch (2006), [http://whales.org/pdf/DriveHunt_final.pdf Driven by demand], chapter ''International trade in drive hunt dolphins''. Retrieved June 21, 2008.</ref> On multiple occasions members of the [http://www.imata.org/ International Marine Animal Trainers Association] (IMATA) have also been observed at the drive hunts in Japan.<ref>Thomas H. Brown (2005), [http://www.scc.ca.gov/opcbb/0509COPC03_General_Public_Comments.pdf Public Comments to the California Ocean Protection Council] (page 4), retrieved June 21, 2008. Also, Bill Rossiter (2004), [http://tursiops.org/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=634 Tursiops.org article], retrieved on June 21, 2008.</ref> Animal welfare organisations such as the [[Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society]] believe dolphinariums are keeping the dolphin hunts economically viable, as dolphins sold for entertainment can be sold at much higher prices than those sold for their meat. As an example, five [[Orca]]s captured in Taiji in 1996 were sold for a total amount of around one million [[US dollars]] (775.000 [[euro]]s) to local dolphinariums. All animals have since died.<ref>BlueVoice, [http://bluevoice.org/sections/kwhales/captivity.shtml online article] retrieved on June 21, 2008.</ref> [http://www.oceanworld.net/ Ocean World Adventure Park] in the [[Dominican Republic]] paid some 580,000 US dollars (450.000 euros) for twelve Bottlenose Dolphins.<ref>Jonathan Owen for the Independent (2007) [http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2152441.ece £25,000: What brutal hunters in Japan charge for catching a dolphin], article retrieved June 21, 2008.</ref> ===Human health concerns=== The meat and blubber of the dolphins caught has been found to have extremely high levels of [[Mercury (element)|mercury]], [[cadmium]], the pesticide [[DDT]], and organic contaminants like [[Polychlorinated biphenyl|PCB]]s.<ref>Marine connection magazine [http://www.marineconnection.org/SWspring%202005.pdf Seventh Wave issue 11, 2005], article ''Captured, killed and contaminated'', retrieved June 21, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22920804/ Japan’s dolphin hunt sags over mercury fears], [[MSNBC]] June 21, 2008.</ref> The levels are high enough to pose a health risk for those frequently eating the meat and researchers warn that children and pregnant women shouldn't eat the meat at all. Because of the health concerns, the price of dolphin meat has decreased significantly.<ref>Gary Anderson for the Sunday Mirror (2006), article ''Slaughtered'', read on October 14, 2006.</ref> Consequently, Taiji's bid to expand their school lunch programs to include dolphin and whale meat has brought about much controversy. Currently, an estimated 150 kg (330 lbs) of dolphin meat was served in Taiji school lunches as of 2006. According to recent findings, the levels of mercury and [[methylmercury]] taken from samples of dolphin and whale meat sold at supermarkets most likely to be providing the school's lunch programs was 10 times that advised by the Japanese Health Ministry. In fact, the levels are so high they even surpassed those of seafood found to have caused [[Minamata disease]] in the Minamata mercury pollution disaster of the 1950s, in which over 1,700 people died of the effects of mercury poisoning. This recent escalation in cetacean meat use also coincides with plans to expand Taiji's killing and processing capacity by approving an estimated ¥330 million to fund the construction of a new cetacean slaughterhouse in Taiji, despite recent findings suggesting that dolphin meat is harmful to anyone who consumes it, especially young children and pregnant women.<ref>Jun Hongo (2007), staff writer for The Japan Times. [http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070904a3.html Media ignoring mercury-tainted dolphin meat: assemblyman], The Japan Times article retrieved June 21, 2008.</ref> The mercury levels were so high that the Okuwa Co. supermarket chain in Japan permanently removed dolphin meat from its shelves, citing the enormous risks it poses to consumers.<ref>Eric Prideaux (2007), staff writer for The Japan Times. [http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070111a4.html Mercury level acute; store pulls dolphin], The Japan Times Article retrieved on June 21, 2008.</ref> ===Protests=== Protest and campaigns are now common in Taiji. In 2003, two activists were arrested for cutting fishing nets to release captured dolphins.<ref>[http://www.seashepherd.org/news/media_040921_1.html Seashepherd.org, news update September 21, 2004], article retrieved June 21, 2008.</ref> They were detained for 23 days. In 2007, American actress [[Hayden Panettiere]] was involved in a confrontation with Japanese fishermen as she tried to disrupt the hunt. She paddled out on a surfboard, with five other surfers from Australia and the United States, in an attempt to reach a pod of dolphins that had been captured. The following confrontation lasted more than 10 minutes before the surfers were forced to return to the beach. The surfers drove straight to [[Osaka]] airport and left the country to avoid being arrested for [[trespassing]] by the [[National Police Agency (Japan)|Japanese police]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1291049,00.html|title=TV Star In Japan Dolphin Cull Clash|publisher=[[Sky News]]|date=June 21, 2008}}</ref> Taiji's fishery cooperative union argues that these protesters "continue willfully to distort the facts about this fishery" and that protester's agendas are "based neither on international law nor on science but rather on emotion for economic self-interest."<ref>[http://www.cypress.ne.jp/jf-taiji/topics/topics.cgi Cypress.ne.jp], article retrieved June 21, 2008.</ref> Some of the animal welfare organisations campaigning against the drive hunts are [[Sea Shepherd]], One Voice,<ref>[http://www.onevoice-ear.org/campagnes/cetaces/index.html One Voice, Massacres au Japon] (official website, French), as viewed on June 21, 2008.</ref> BlueVoice,<ref>[http://www.bluevoice.org/sections/dolphins/save.shtml BlueVoice] (official website), as viewed on June 21, 2008.</ref> the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, and the [[World Society for the Protection of Animals]]. Japan has pressured the [[United States]] to declare Sea Shepherd a [[terrorist organization]], while Sea Shepherd claims that Japan violates their treaty obligations to the [[International Whaling Commission]] by killing Pilot Whales.<ref>[http://www.seashepherd.org/taiji/taiji_ruthless_killing.html#illegal Sea Shepherd's illegal whaling claim] (date unknown), retrieved June 21, 2008.</ref> ==Drive hunting in other regions== ===Solomon Islands=== On a smaller scale, drive hunting for dolphins also takes place on the Solomon Islands, more specifically on the island of [[Malaita]]. The meat is shared equally by every household. Dolphin's teeth are also used in [[jewelry]] and as [[currency]] on the island.<ref>Takekawa Daisuke & Ethel Falu (1995, 2006), [http://www.apa-apa.net/kirio/kirio-e.htm Dolphin hunting in the Solomon Islands], article retrieved on June 21, 2008.</ref> The dolphins are hunted in a similar fashion as in Japan, using stones instead of metal rods to produce sounds to scare and confuse the dolphins. Various species are hunted, such as Bottlenosed, Spotted, and [[Spinner dolphin]]s.<ref>Takekawa Daisuke (year unknown), [http://www.spc.int/coastfish/News/Trad/12/Trad12-02-Takekawa.htm Hunting method and the ecological knowledge of dolphins among the Fanalei villagers of Malaita, Solomon Islands], article retrieved on June 21, 2008.</ref> The amount of dolphins killed each year is not known, but anecdotal information suggests between 600 and 1500 dolphins per hunting season.<ref>The department of fisheries and marine resources of the Solomon Islands, [http://files.hsus.org/web-files/PDF/solomon_rebuttal.pdf The Dolphin fishery in the Solomon Islands] (including commentary from [[HSUS]]), article retrieved 22 June, 2008.</ref> As in Japan, some dolphins from the Solomon Islands have also been sold to the entertainment industry.<ref>[[Reuters]] (2003), [http://lists.envirolink.org/pipermail/ar-news/Week-of-Mon-20030721/003874.html Plane Arrives to Carry Captured Solomons Dolphins], article retrieved on June 21, 2008.</ref> Though the export of dolphins had been banned in 2005,<ref>''Supplement to the Solomon Islands Gazette'', dated Thursday the 25th of November 2005; ''The fisheries (prohibition of export of dolphins) regulation 2005'', retrieved October 14, 2006.</ref> the export of dolphins was resumed in October 2007, with 28 dolphins having been sent to a dolphinarium in [[Dubai]], with a further three dolphins having been found dead near the holding pens.<ref>The Associated Press / International Herald Tribune [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/18/asia/AS-GEN-Solomon-Islands-Dolphin-Exports.php Solomon Islands dolphins exported to Dubai; protests mount], article retrieved June 21, 2008.</ref> ===Kiribati=== Similar drive hunting existed in [[Kiribati]] at least until the mid 20th century.<ref>British diplomat Arthur Grimble's memoir, ''A Pattern of Islands'' (1952)</ref> ===Faroe Islands=== {{Seealso|Whaling in the Faroe Islands}} [[Image:Killed pilot wales, faroe islands.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Two dead [[Bottlenose whale|Northern Bottlenose Whales]] with cut necks in the bay of Nes on the Faroe Islands]] On the Faroe Islands mainly [[Pilot Whales]] are killed by drive hunts for their meat. Though officially this is the only species hunted, several other species are also killed on occasion such as the Northern bottlenose whale and [[Atlantic White-sided Dolphin]]. The hunt is known by the locals as the [[Whaling in the Faroe Islands|Grindadráp]]. There are no fixed hunting seasons, as soon as a pod close enough to land is spotted fishermen set out to begin the hunt. The dolphins here are driven onto the beach with boats, blocking off the way to the ocean with nets. When on the beach, most of them get stuck. Those dolphins that have remained too far in the water are dragged onto the beach by driving a steel hook into the blubber of the animal, though these days in response to allegations of animal cruelty they're more often dragged by putting a hook in their [[blowhole (biology)|blowhole]]. When on land, they are killed by cutting down to the major arteries and [[spinal cord]] at the neck. The time it takes for a dolphin to die varies from a few seconds to a few minutes, depending on the cut.<ref>Jústines Olsen (1999), [http://www.whaling.fo/nammco99whalingandanimal.htm Killing methods and equipment in the Faroese pilot whale hunt], article retrieved on June 21, 2008.</ref> When the fishermen fail to beach the animals all together, they are let free again. The pilot whale stock in the eastern and central North Atlantic is estimated to number 778,000. About a thousand pilot whales are killed this way each year on the Faroe Islands together with usually a few dozen up to a few hundred animals belonging to other small cetaceans species, but numbers vary greatly per year.<ref>Faroese museum of natural history, zoological department (year unknown), [http://www.highnorth.no/statistik/faroewhale.htm Whales caught off the Faroe Islands 1584 - 2000], data retrieved on June 21, 2008.</ref> The amount of pilot whales killed each year is not believed to be a threat to the sustainability of the population,<ref>Jóhann Sigurjónsson (year unknown), [http://www.highnorth.no/Library/Publications/Iceland/wh-re-in.htm Whale resources in the North Atlantic and the concept of sustainability], article retrieved on June 21, 2008.</ref> but the brutality of the hunt has resulted in international criticism especially from animal welfare organisations. As in Japan, here too the meat is contaminated with mercury and cadmium, causing a health risk for those frequently eating it. Again, especially children and pregnant women are at risk.<ref>Nick Haslam for BBC news (2003), [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/3104494.stm Faroes' controversial whale hunt], article retrieved on June 21, 2008.</ref> ===Peru=== Though it is forbidden under Peruvian law to hunt dolphins or eat their meat, a large number of dolphins are still killed illegally by fishermen each year. Although exact numbers are not known, the Peruvian organisation ''Mundo Azul'' (''Blue World'') estimates that at least a thousand are killed annually. To catch the dolphins, they are driven together with boats and encircled with nets, then [[harpoon]]ed, dragged on to the boat, and clubbed to death if still alive. Various species are hunted, such as the [[Bottlenose Dolphin|Bottlenose]] and [[Dusky Dolphin]].<ref>Stefan Austermühle (2003), [http://www.awionline.org/pubs/Quarterly/sp03/0603p9.htm Peru's Illegal Dolphin Hunting Kills 1,000 Dolphins or More], article retrieved on June 21, 2008.</ref> ===Taiwan=== On the [[Penghu Islands]] in [[Taiwan]], drive fishing of Bottlenose Dolphins was practiced until 1990, when the practise was outlawed by the government. Mainly [[Indian Ocean Bottlenose Dolphin]]s but also common Bottlenose Dolphins were captured in these hunts.<ref>R. R. Reeves, W. F. Perrin, B. L. Taylor, C. S. Baker and S. L. Mesnick (2004), ''Report of the Workshop on Shortcomings of Cetacean Taxonomy in Relation to Needs of Conservation and Management'', page 27, section ''Management of cetacean exploitation''. Article retrieved on October 21, 2006.</ref> ===Hawaii=== In ancient [[Hawaii]], fishermen used to hunt dolphins for their meat by driving them onto the beach and killing them. In their ancient legal system, dolphin meat was considered to be [[kapu]] (forbidden) for women together with several other kinds of food. Today, dolphin drive hunting no longer takes place on Hawaii.<ref>Earthtrust (year unknown), [http://www.earthtrust.org/wlcurric/dolphins.html Dolphins - Hunting/Subsistence Use], article retrieved on June 21, 2008.</ref> ==Criticism== <!-- FAIR USE of Bottlenoseconvulsion.jpg: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bottlenoseconvulsion.jpg for rationale --> [[Image:Bottlenoseconvulsion.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A Bottlenose Dolphin caught in a drive hunt in the Japanese town of Futo moving violently after having its throat cut. Officially, this method of killing dolphins is now illegal in Japan.]] Though drive hunts happen in various places around the world, it is mainly the Japanese drive hunts that receive considerable international criticism. The hunts are considered very brutal by some, especially because dolphins are popular in human culture and known to be highly intelligent mammals.<ref>Anuschka de Rohan for Guardian Unlimited (2003), article [http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,989714,00.html ''Deep thinkers''] retrieved on June 21, 2008. Rendell, L. and Whitehead, H. (2001), [http://www.bbsonline.org/Preprints/Rendell/ Culture in whales and dolphins], retrieved on June 21, 2008. [http://www.dolphin-institute.org/our_research/dolphin_research/dolphinresearchpublications.htm Various articles on dolphin behaviour, cognitive abilities and intelligence] published by the dolphin institute, retrieved June 21, 2008. See also [[cetacean intelligence]] article.</ref> However, by the fishermen and Japanese officials this reasoning is perceived as emotional and dismissed as irrelevant.<ref>[http://www.cypress.ne.jp/jf-taiji/topics/topics.cgi Taiji Fishery Cooperative Union's web site] (Japanese), website viewed June 21, 2008.</ref> Some fishermen believe dolphins do not have to be treated any different from fish.<ref>Paul Kenyon (2004), reporter for the BBC, quoting Japanese fishermen. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/this_world/3956355.stm BBC's dining with the dolphin hunters], retrieved on June 21, 2008.</ref> Since the hunt dates back several centuries, it has become a tradition and many Japanese support sustainable whaling.<ref>Paul Kenyon (2005), reporter for BBC, [http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2005/s1394948.htm interview transcript] retrieved on June 21, 2008. Also, [http://tribes.tribe.net/dpcresearchpod/thread/8f08b984-b5d2-45a2-b872-2eda419503d4 A message from the people of Taiji] (1994), retrieved on June 21, 2008. [http://www.iwcoffice.org/_documents/commission/IWC58docs/58-11.pdf IWC - Taiji Declaration on Traditional Whaling] (2006), retrieved June 21, 2008.</ref><ref>The Institute of Cetacean research (2007), [http://www.icrwhale.org/eng/070110Release.pdf Yahoo poll shows more support for whaling in Japan], article retrieved June 21, 2008.</ref> Since much of the criticism is the result of photos and videos taken during the hunt and slaughter, it is now common for the final capture and slaughter to take place on site inside a tent or under a plastic cover, out of sight from the public. The most notorious and widespread footage is probably that of the drive and subsequent capture and slaughter process taken in Futo in October 1999 (a still of which can be seen on the right), shot by the Japanese animal welfare organisation [http://www.elsaenc.net/index_e.htm Elsa Nature Conservancy]. Part of this footage was, amongst others, shown on [[CNN]]. In recent years, the video has also become widespread on the internet and was featured in the animal welfare documentary ''[[Earthlings (documentary)|Earthlings]]'', though the method of killing dolphins as shown in this video is now officially banned. Well known are also the images from [[Iki Island]] taken in 1979 of a Japanese fisherman stabbing dolphins with a [[spear]] in shallow waters.<ref>Howard Hall (year unknown), [http://www.howardhall.com/stories/dexter.html Dexter], article retrieved on June 21, 2008.</ref> The hunts on the Faroe Islands also attract some international criticism but much less when compared to Japan, while the hunts in Peru mainly seem to get the interest of only local animal welfare organisations. The hunts on the Solomon Islands seemed to draw little to no criticism, however the recent transfer of dolphins from the Solomon Islands to a newly constructed dolphinarium in Dubai received considerable international attention. ==See also== * [[Cetacean bycatch]] ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/this_world/3956355.stm BBC news - dining with the dolphin hunters in Japan] *[http://www.whaling.fo/ Faroe Islands official whaling website] *[http://whales.org/pdf/DriveHunt_final.pdf Driven by demand] - Dolphin drive hunts in Japan and the involvement of the aquarium industry. *[http://www.atlanticblue.de/ Atlanticblue e.V. website, with current information about the Taiji dolphin hunt in Japan] (German only) ===Videos=== *[http://web.archive.org/web/20070703180122/http://www.earthisland.org/saveTaijiDolphins/movieObarry.html 3D animation of how a drive works, including links to two videos] *[http://www.glumbert.com:80/media/dolphin Video at Glumbert.com - well known footage of a drive hunt in Futo in 1999] *[http://www.tappedinto.com/asx/bluevoice/Japandolphins.ram Video report produced by BlueVoice.org] *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wK31g_ufHg&eurl=http://www.atlanticblue.de/index.php?id=41&type=1 Video about the Taiji drive hunts from November 2007 produced by atlanticblue.de] *[http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/02/11/lah.japan.dolphin.slaughter.cnn CNN report on the Taiji drive hunts, February 2008.] {{Whaling}} [[Category:Animal welfare]] [[Category:Whaling]] [[Category:hunting]]