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A total of 34 Striped dolphins slaughtered today in Taiji, Japan

Today 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

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