Richard (Ric)
O'Barry,
Founder/Director
of the Dolphin
Project, along
with other Dolphin
Project Cove
Monitors observed
12 Risso's
dolphins
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Richard (Ric) O'Barry, Founder/Director of the Dolphin Project, along with other Dolphin Project Cove Monitors observed 12 Risso's dolphins slaughtered yesterday, making this the first successful drive of the 2015/2016 Taiji, Japan hunting season.
Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project
WireService.ca Press Release (09/11/2015) TAIJI, JAPAN - Eleven days into the start of the dolphin drive season in Taiji, Japan, a pod of approximately 12 Risso's dolphins were driven into an area known as the "cove," and slaughtered, making this the first successful drive of the 2015/2016 Taiji hunting season.
Richard (Ric) O'Barry, Founder/Director of the Dolphin Project, along with other Dolphin Project Cove Monitors observed seven boats in drive formation pushing a pod at around 8:20 a.m. Japanese time. Three hours later, they had reached the mouth of the cove and the exhausted and panic-stricken Risso's were sealed off from the open ocean.
In desperation, the pod attempted to flee tow...
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