Ocean Sentry
This morning, the Japanese dolphin fishermen drove about 32 pilot whales into the Cove. According to Dolphin Project volunteers, the only group on the ground in Taiji after Sea Shepherd’s permanent withdrawal due to fears to be jailed, the pod was driven into the cove after six hours at sea.
As reported by The Dolphin Project on its facebook page, this nursery pod is filled with young Pilot whales who’s fate will be determined at sunrise.
Dolphin Project Cove Monitors will be on the ground to document their final moments. Please consider being a voice for the voiceless by taking action: https://dolphinproject.net/take-action/save-japan-dolphins/
Concerned people are puzzled by the recent Sea Shepherd statement that they have abandoned their so-called long-term mission of documentation “Infinite Patience” launched in 2010.
“We would not allow the dolphins to die out of sight and out of mind”, said the Founder of Sea Shepherd Captain Paul Watson in 2010. “The guardians would watch and document the number of dolphins driven into and killed in the Cove, how they were killed, and then report the killings to the world.
“Sea Shepherd does not want this issue to die in the public’s mind and the continuous reporting from witnesses on the ground would help keep this issue alive”, he added seven years ago.
As it turns out, many things have changed since then. His latest statement on September 1st, when kicks off the annual slaughter of hundreds of dolphins in Taiji, Japan, was:
“Documenting their murders while helplessly being unable to intervene should never be the Sea Shepherd position,” said Watson in a commentary, pointing out that new tactics must be deployed.
Of course, this is a tragic setback for the thousands of dolphins that are mercilessly killed every year in this notorious town.
Meanwhile, dolphins are dying in a gruesome manner. Every death in the cove, every dolphin sent to an aquarium is a painful death the world must watch.
Fortunately, the Dolphin Project cameras are there to remind the fishermen that the world is watching through them and make sure the world does not forget the dolphins of Taiji. They are the only and last bastion dolphins have.
