MEDIA ON TAIJI,

About the event

Please help us raise funds to cover illustration costs for our next children's awareness book on captivity and freedom book.

Due to the recent information regarding Tilikum all the books will be dedicated to him <3

Every year, in Taiji, Japan, dolphins are chased into a small cove and butchered in the most horrific and cruel way imaginable. The hunts are subsidized by the dolphin captivity industry, which pays top dollar for a few “show quality” dolphins that are ripped from their families. The rest of the pod is killed for meat laden with mercury and PCBs. Most Japanese don’t even know the hunts exist. The Japanese government supports the dolphin killers and denies any health issues.  

The Taiji dolphin slaughter continues. The government claims the kills are part of Japan’s traditional culture when, in fact, they only started in 1969. Many Japanese who oppose the hunts are afraid to speak out publicly because of threats from the government and the extremist anti-foreigners groups. We continue to work inside Japan with Japanese activists and organizations to fight the dolphin killing and spread the news about mercury contamination of dolphin meat. We also joined in filing the first-ever lawsuit in Japan against the Taiji Whale Museum, which brokers many of the live dolphins caught in Taiji during the slaughter.

Dolphin Hunt 2015-16 Season So Far: Sept. 1st, 2015 to January 17th, 2016

Total Dolphins Killed                            439                

    Bottlenose Dolphins Killed                46

    Risso’s Dolphins Killed                    198

    Striped Dolphins Killed                    144

    Pilot Whales Killed                              51

Total Dolphins Released                     102

    Bottlenose Dolphins Released         67

    Risso’s Dolphins Released               13

    Pilot Whales Released                      22

    Striped Dolphins Released                 0

Dolphins Captured for Captivity          91

    Bottlenose Dolphins Captive           84

    Risso’s Dolphins Captive                   6

    Pilot Whales Captive                          1

    Striped Dolphins Captive                   0

Children are our voice of the next generation. EDUCATION IS THE KEY!!

Our very own,Very brave Liz Craig and myself will be doing the scariest challenge to help raise funds also.

We will be spending the night in the scariest most haunted place on the planet....Niddry Street Vaults Edinburgh.

Most Haunted have been there twice it was the worst experience for them and Joe Squash did 4 hours and had to leave!

Why should you sponsor?

Nicki Stevens

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