'The Cove' Oscar Winner for Best Feature Documentary, Weekly update from #TheCove, 5 weeks until end of Dolphin Hunting, Killing & Capturing season in Taiji, Japan, Seventh pod of Striped dolphins Slaughtered this week, another pod of Risso's killed this week, SEA Act, A Whale Of A Week, Adopt a Dolphin, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Dolphin Project, Camp Lumba Lumba, Karimunjawa National Park, Dolphin Outlook
Academy Award® season is officially upon us! 
🎬 Did you know “The Cove” movie won an Oscar for Best Feature Documentary in 2010? If you’re an #AmazonPrime member, you can watch for free.
More Red Cove Day's this week.
A small pod of Risso’s dolphins were driven into the Cove and slaughtered. Please keep an eye on our social media, we will be posting a full report of today’s events later. #dolphinproject
And, the seventh pod of Striped dolphins this season was driven into the Cove and slaughtered. It was a very quick drive - Cove Monitors saw the formation within 45 minutes of the boats leaving the harbor. The white splashing that we could see indicated that this was a bigger pod, and as they got closer we could see them porpoising and jumping out of the water frantically as they were being chased. A portion of the pod were able to escape, but the banging from the banger poles and the lead weights thrown from the skiffs forced the other dolphins closer to their deaths. This Striped family huddled together as they were netted in the Cove and panicked as they were separated into groups. We watched as individuals were tied to skiffs by their tails and dragged under the tarps to be killed. As the dolphins thrashed, blood seeped into the sea. Skiffs shortly left the Cove with hunters sat across the bodies covered with tarps. One dolphins lifeless rostrum peered out from underneath. A total of 34 Striped dolphins were slaughtered today, now to be reduced to slabs of meat. #dolphinproject
A dangerous bill known as the SEA Act could soon reach the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
If it passes, the bill would gut core provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and fast‐track seismic airgun surveys and other activities in the ocean that can harm marine animals. This bill is a serious threat to species including the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
Together, we must oppose this effort to weaken our environmental safeguards and remove protections for wildlife in order to expedite a push for oil and gas exploitation. Tell your legislators today: Vote “NO” on the SEA Act.
🎬 Did you know “The Cove” movie won an Oscar for Best Feature Documentary in 2010? If you’re an #AmazonPrime member, you can watch for free.And, the seventh pod of Striped dolphins this season was driven into the Cove and slaughtered. It was a very quick drive - Cove Monitors saw the formation within 45 minutes of the boats leaving the harbor. The white splashing that we could see indicated that this was a bigger pod, and as they got closer we could see them porpoising and jumping out of the water frantically as they were being chased. A portion of the pod were able to escape, but the banging from the banger poles and the lead weights thrown from the skiffs forced the other dolphins closer to their deaths. This Striped family huddled together as they were netted in the Cove and panicked as they were separated into groups. We watched as individuals were tied to skiffs by their tails and dragged under the tarps to be killed. As the dolphins thrashed, blood seeped into the sea. Skiffs shortly left the Cove with hunters sat across the bodies covered with tarps. One dolphins lifeless rostrum peered out from underneath. A total of 34 Striped dolphins were slaughtered today, now to be reduced to slabs of meat. #dolphinproject
If it passes, the bill would gut core provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act and fast‐track seismic airgun surveys and other activities in the ocean that can harm marine animals. This bill is a serious threat to species including the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
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Weekly update from #TheCove: Dolphins suffered a brutal week as four separate pods were hunted down and slaughtered in Week #21 of Taiji’s drive hunts.
| Last month, Dolphin Project confiscated two wild-caught dolphins in Karimunjawa,
Indonesia, destined for the country's horrific traveling circuses. The mammals
were brought to Camp Lumba Lumba, Dolphin Project’s permanent dolphin
rehabilitation center, located inside the Karimunjawa National Park. While one
dolphin succumbed to injuries sustained during their capture, the second spinner
dolphin, named Munjawa, was successfully released into her home range near where
she was first captured. Munjawa swims wild and free after being saved by Dolphin Project’s team from a life in the traveling circus. Credit: Dolphin Project Last week, Canada became one marine park away from being free of captive dolphins and other whales, with an announcement from the Vancouver Aquarium stating they would no longer keep cetaceans in captivity. The reason? Thousands of voices like yours spoke up against the cruel exploitation of captivity! Helen, Pacific white-sided dolphin, Vancouver Aquarium. Image: Ivana Grubisic/Dolphin Project With success stories like these, we’re proud to have stayed true to our roots, protecting dolphins worldwide from exploitation and slaughter. This year will mark 48 years working towards these goals, and we will continue to do so with you as part of our team! |
Munjawa swims wild and free after being saved by Dolphin Project’s
team from a life in the traveling circus. Credit: Dolphin
Project
Helen, Pacific white-sided dolphin, Vancouver Aquarium. Image:
Ivana Grubisic/Dolphin Project
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