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Dolphin Slaughter

4OU2 — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:34:30 GMT

Katie Couric interviewed three men that are trying to stop the dolphin drive hunting taking place in Japan. They said, for those that tweet, we should send a tweet voicing our outrage toward the Japanese government for allowing this to happen. We can also donate to the Sea Shepherd conservation effort fighting against the slaughter of whales, dolphins, and fish.

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MickD — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:36:06 GMT

This is heart breaking....I have gone to some websites...I think I am going to email embassador Kennedy....

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sweetpea53 — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:41:51 GMT

On 1/29/2014 MickD said:
This is heart breaking....I have gone to some websites...I think I am going to email embassador Kennedy....

She sent out a tweet regarding this very thing. It has really snowballed since her tweet.

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JustJules — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:43:44 GMT

Watch the movie "The Cove", it was a documentary done back in 2009. Very enlightening about the practice of dolphin hunting.

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sweetpea53 — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:48:55 GMT

Angel is a rare albino calf that was caught a few days ago. Her mother was slaughtered right in front of her. She's being held and these men are working very hard to get her released.

I watched The Cove years ago. Horrible!

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JustJules — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:51:07 GMT

On 1/29/2014 sweetpea53 said:
Angel is a rare albino calf that was caught a few days ago. Her mother was slaughtered right in front of her. She's being held and these men are working very hard to get her released.

I watched The Cove years ago. Horrible!

It is horrible sweetpea, but that is the point. People should be aware. It's such a sad and heartbreaking thing.

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NoelSeven — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:54:41 GMT

I don't know why they continue to slaughter dolphins, so much of the world is outraged by it. Many have been protesting for decades. How they justify it, I don't know.

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sweetpea53 — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:58:56 GMT

On 1/29/2014 NoelSeven said:
I don't know why they continue to slaughter dolphins, so much of the world is outraged by it. Many have been protesting for decades. How they justify it, I don't know.

The government continues to say that it's because it's their culture. Well, if that's true, their culture started in the '60s.

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MickD — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 23:59:27 GMT

Noelseven ~ A news report stated that the majority of the Japanese had no idea this was going on year after year after year....do I believe that? - hmmm dunno. But since embassador Kennedy's talk, the local Japanese news programs have been airing the slaughter.....and protests.

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sweetpea53 — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:01:45 GMT

They have slaughtered over 700 in the last few months. Supposedly people of the town have no knowledge of this. Can't believe that one, either.

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NoelSeven — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:03:13 GMT

On 1/29/2014 MickD said:
Noelseven ~ A news report stated that the majority of the Japanese had no idea this was going on year after year after year....do I believe that? - hmmm dunno. But since embassador Kennedy's talk, the local Japanese news programs have been airing the slaughter.....and protests.

That's good news, thanks, MickD!

I have a hard time believing it was going on, the protests have been loud over the years, and there's certainly enough communication between the countries.

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JustJules — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:05:11 GMT

On 1/29/2014 sweetpea53 said:
They have slaughtered over 700 in the last few months. Supposedly people of the town have no knowledge of this. Can't believe that one, either.

It is similar to the whaling ships.... America sends out ships to intervene and try to stop that massacre, but these countries claim to have their "traditions". It is so inhumane, and I hope we continue to protest and try to interfere until it stops.

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MickD — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:49:01 GMT

I just don't know how those men can murder the dolphins. Dolphins and whales are so intelligent and caring. They have hundreds if not thousands of varying communications/sounds. There was a story here (maybe in the past couple of years) of a mother whale who had carried her dead calf thousands of miles during the migration and was almost dead herself because she wasn't eating due to depression over the loss....

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sweetpea53 — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:49:03 GMT

On 1/29/2014 Jules5280 said:
On 1/29/2014 sweetpea53 said:
They have slaughtered over 700 in the last few months. Supposedly people of the town have no knowledge of this. Can't believe that one, either.

It is similar to the whaling ships.... America sends out ships to intervene and try to stop that massacre, but these countries claim to have their "traditions". It is so inhumane, and I hope we continue to protest and try to interfere until it stops.

Supposedly the town is out of the way. About 50 men are involved in this. The man that shot "The Cove" showed how violent these people are around the cove. I couldn't believe what they went through to get these pics. Some of the video did show protesters that appeared to be Japanese. But I'm not sure where the protests were held.

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sweetpea53 — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:54:33 GMT

Years ago, I was walking on the beach at the Outer Banks. I started talking to a life guard. He said I missed a great opportunity the day before. A pod of dolphins came in and was playing with people. He said that they're fairly rough with men.....less so with women...with little kids, he said they were so gentle and docile, it was unbelievable.

He said that the pod first came up to a bunch of nuns that had pulled up their habits and were wading. He said he had never heard such screaming. The nuns had thought the dolphins were sharks.

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MickD — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:58:16 GMT

I hope the nuns didn't make a habit of playing with dolphins aka sharks again!

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JustJules — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 01:02:46 GMT

On 1/29/2014 sweetpea53 said:
Years ago, I was walking on the beach at the Outer Banks. I started talking to a life guard. He said I missed a great opportunity the day before. A pod of dolphins came in and was playing with people. He said that they're fairly rough with men.....less so with women...with little kids, he said they were so gentle and docile, it was unbelievable.

He said that the pod first came up to a bunch of nuns that had pulled up their habits and were wading. He said he had never heard such screaming. The nuns had thought the dolphins were sharks.

I've experienced watching pods of dolphins swimming when I was in San Diego. Then I had an opportunity to swim with dolphins on vacation in Mexico. I remember seeing them at SeaWorld as a child, but it is completely different when you encounter them up close. They are so intelligent, and so sweet.... they love interaction, and when you touch them they respond as if you had hugged them. They are not just fish, they are very smart mammals, and that makes their slaughter so heartbreaking. It is one thing to fish for sustenance, but it is completely different to harvest these beautiful animals for no reason. They are not needed for food, there is just no point to it.

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sweetpea53 — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 02:46:26 GMT

On 1/29/2014 MickD said:
I hope the nuns didn't make a habit of playing with dolphins aka sharks again!

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gazelle77 — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 02:47:41 GMT

Watch out OP....I got the mean girls after me for using the word slaughter the other day on a post headline.... It seemed to upset their delicate balance.....

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JustJules — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 02:48:56 GMT

On 1/29/2014 sweetpea53 said:
On 1/29/2014 MickD said:
I hope the nuns didn't make a habit of playing with dolphins aka sharks again!

It was the nun - ""habit"" thing you found clever huh?