Sometimes I just outright HATE human beings.........

**~~hawgballs~~** · 09-05-10, 08:25 AM

This is fucking sad, and doesn't need to happen...........
http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog/...n+taiji+japan/

"I wish all these people could be in Taiji," O'Barry told The Associated Press. "It was too dangerous. The big losers are the people of Taiji."

Most of the dolphins corralled into the cove during the hunts are killed and processed for meat, but some specimens are sold live to aquariums. Japan allows the killing of about 20,000 dolphins a year and claims the hunts are an important part of the nation's culture and tradition.

**deputyfestus** · 09-05-10, 09:14 AM

Well on a positive note if they keep eating the meat Flipper will have the last laugh, it is pretty fucked up though!!

**CivilWars** · 09-05-10, 09:33 AM

So zoos in America are ok, Sea World is ok, and your ultimate meat sandwich is ok, but we shouldn't capture or eat dolphins? Double standard much?

**WickedTribe** · 09-05-10, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by CivilWars

So zoos in America are ok, Sea World is ok, and your ultimate meat sandwich is ok, but we shouldn't capture or eat dolphins? Double standard much?

I've got to at least partially agree with civil here. This slaughter exists because of a market driven by places like Sea World and all of those Caribbean resorts that advertise the ability to swim with dolphins.

**CivilWars** · 09-05-10, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by WickedTribe

I've got to at least partially agree with civil here...

Who are you, and what have you done with the REAL Wicked?

**ninja|oaklandr** · 09-05-10, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by WickedTribe

I've got to at least partially agree with civil here. This slaughter exists because of a market driven by places like Sea World and all of those Caribbean resorts that advertise the ability to swim with dolphins.

This makes zero sense. This has been going on well before Sea World and resorts.

**CivilWars** · 09-05-10, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by ninja|oaklandr

This makes zero sense. This has been going on well before Sea World and resorts.

Right, but before all the shows they simply killed them to eat them. Maybe we should send a bunch of cows, chickens, and pigs to Japan, so they can kill and eat them instead of killing and eating whales and dolphins? How is it any different?

**DJ Ms. White** · 09-05-10, 10:33 AM

I've heard that both dogs and dolphins taste great and would be interested in trying both. That is all.

**DJ Ms. White** · 09-05-10, 10:34 AM

Oh, and endangered species taste delicious.

**Blah64** · 09-05-10, 10:46 AM

I enjoy being human. Would you rather be a dolphin? I understand that they are very adept killers. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/ear...e-experts.html "dolphins use their incredible ultra sound abilties to home in on the vital organs of their victims that will cause most damage." They even practice their skills on porpoises, which don't fight back. So dolphins may not be as tactically adept in warfare as humans or ants, but being able to home in on vital organs does sound pretty awesome. edit: the skill of the 'new line' still eludes me