Ocean Sentry
A small pod of 6 Risso’s dolphins was driven into the Cove and slaughtered this morning.
Despite the small number of dolphins, all 12 banger boats congregated to drive this pod in, but it seems they were trying to get their work over with – one of our Japanese-speaking Cove Monitors heard a hunter say, “let’s do it quickly”.
Risso’s dolphins are docile beings, and in this shallow, alien environment, they were swiftly pushed under the tarps once netted in to the Cove.
There wasn’t even any loud thrashing, although we did hear one Risso thrash against the side of a skiff as it had mostly likely been tied up by its tail.
Only minutes later, a skiff appeared from under the tarps dragging along all 6 bodies.
A hunter then threw a tarp over them and sat across it in attempt to conceal the bodies, but they couldn’t avoid revealing their lifeless bodies as they were transferred to a banger boat.
All 6 Risso’s dolphins were killed today.
