• Most Japanese people are not aware of this annual ritual.
• The Taiji dolphin drive season is from September 1st until April 30th.
• About 23,000 dolphins and porpoises are killed in Japan every year.
• Only a few people, 26 fishermen, are actually involved in the drive in Taiji.
• The Taiji Dolphin Drive is the largest slaughter of dolphins in the world, about 2300 dolphins per year, more than 3 times the amount of whales killed in the Antarctic.
• The dolphins are killed in a secluded cove three hours south of Osaka. The slaughter is hidden from public view with tarps and nets. Access is blocked by steel gates, barbed wire, razor ribbon and guards. The government is clearly trying to hide something.
  
  (source: http://www.savejapandolphins.org)

To learn more visit the following websites:
SaveJapanDolphins.org
The Cove Movie
Humane Society International

• Our mission is to maintain international attention on dolphin killings while reaching-out to and working with the people of Japan.
  
  
• Our goal is to stop the dolphin drive in Taiji, Japan.
  
  

• Get informed and stay informed; see the documentary ‘The Cove’ and share with friends/family.
• Sign this petition to warn Japanese people about Mercury poisoning:
  http://www.awionline.org/ht/display/ContentDetails/i/1458/pid/734
• Add our educational materials to your webpage or facebook wall to remind your network, everyday, about the Taiji Dolphin Drive; reach out to your Japanese friends and contacts.
• Contact Japanese Embassies arould the world: http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/mofaserv.html
• Canadians Click here to find your Japanese sister city and demand your mayor act to protect dolphins in Japan Click Here
• Sign the petition at Help Save Japan's Dolphins
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