Japanese goverment slaughter of dolphins

xiao · Post by **xiao** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 10:56 pm

WARNING: THE FOLLOWING LINK CONTAINS A REAL AND EXTREMELY GRAPHIC AND DISTURBING VIDEO. IT HAS BEEN CREATED FOR ANIMAL RIGHTS PURPOSES AND SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED BY THE FAINT OF HEART.

This video depicts Japanese slowly slaughtering dolphins, as if they are worth nothing. They are innocent creatures with lives, and they slowly let them bleed to death. This video is seriously powerful, but also very disturbing. I'm not sure if I should post it here or not. I only hope that it will not be immaturely viewed as a "sick and twisted" video, as what they are doing is sick and twisted, but people need to know about it and that's what this video is for.

If the idea of dolphins being cut open and left to bleed to death is a bit too much for you, DO NOT WATCH THIS VIDEO.

Think about this every time you go get fish at the market. Check the package and make sure it is from a company that does good practice at fishing, and not from Asian countries that refuse to comply with fishing laws. I understand that they are animals and not humans, but this is painfully morally wrong.

I'm not an animal rights activist or a vegetarian by any means. But this really makes me think.

See: glumbert.com/media/dolphin

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darcie · Post by **darcie** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 11:15 pm

That's really interesting, Xiao, and something I bet most Americans are totally unaware of.

Here's an informational site that doesn't have a scary video, if anyone is interested in learning more about it. http://www.savejapandolphins.org/

*I edited the link in Xiao's post, just so that you have to want to visit it. Please, no mindless clicking on this one.

Pc Pro · Post by **Pc Pro** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 12:21 am

THE STOP THE JAPS! $\:D/$

xiao · Post by **xiao** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:26 am

Pc Pro wrote:THE STOP THE JAPS! $\:D/$

The grammar your bad!

Christian Cowgirl · Post by **Christian Cowgirl** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:51 am

Aw, thats terrible, I could only watch half of it. I've always loved the dolphin, I think it symbolizes strength and freedom, much like the bald eagle and the horse.

trinity4888 · Post by **trinity4888** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 11:43 am

That is really harsh. I couldn't watch all of it either. I actually wanted to be a marine biologist when I was little so that pulled several heartstrings. I am a vegitarian but it is for health reasons, and I'm not a big animal rights kind of person but that is just wrong.
I love the Japanese too. I love their language and their culture.
Wow.
That sucks.
Now I'm seriously conflicted, and rather angry as well.

Trent DeWhite · Post by **Trent DeWhite** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:46 pm

This is disturbing and very saddening.

Candy · Post by **Candy** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:56 pm

I'm Hurt by this. There is no way I can show this to my cousin. as she would burst out crying prolly.

Lord_Kappa · Post by **Lord_Kappa** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:43 pm

Don't blame everyone in Japan, this is caused by global demand for dolphin meats. Just like the illegal animal pelts are in high demand, and because of this lions and leopards are poached. It isn't just the poachers who are wrong, the people who buy these products are wrong.

xiao · Post by **xiao** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:18 pm

Lord_Kappa wrote:Don't blame everyone in Japan, this is caused by global demand for dolphin meats. Just like the illegal animal pelts are in high demand, and because of this lions and leopards are poached. It isn't just the poachers who are wrong, the people who buy these products are wrong.

Meat isn't the only reason they kill the dolphins. Plus the japanese are killing them in a very inhumane and awful way, slowly slicing through them with knives. I think this is a case where we can truly blame the japanese.

Ferder · Post by **Ferder** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:55 pm

xiao wrote:
Meat isn't the only reason they kill the dolphins. Plus the japanese are killing them in a very inhumane and awful way, slowly slicing through them with knives. I think this is a case where we can truly blame the japanese.

Apparently they do a simmilar thing with cows over here in North America, so there you go.

Lord_Kappa · Post by **Lord_Kappa** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 5:29 pm

Oh I agree, it's very inhumane, it's disgusting (I couldn't finish the video either.)

But remember, they are fishing them because people buy the products that come from them. (What are the other products, xiao? I don't know what they make from them.)

trinity4888 · Post by **trinity4888** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 5:39 pm

Lord_Kappa wrote:Oh I agree, it's very inhumane, it's disgusting (I couldn't finish the video either.)

But remember, they are fishing them because people buy the products that come from them. (What are the other products, xiao? I don't know what they make from them.)

Good question. I'm interested to know the answer as well.
I for one do not blame the Japanese, but I did think that they only ate the dolphins. Japanese people are really into seafood after all.

Though this disturbes me I must stop and think about it for a moment. Is the slaughter of dolphins any worse than the eating of monkey brains or the hunting of ivory? Not that I encourage those things, quite the opposite, but it seems that the type of animal being murdered changes my feelings on the subject. I don't have problems with deer hunting, but why?
I think it is because of their inteligence. Cows only care about themselves and are rather dumb if you ask me, but dolphins seem to understand love and really care for eachother. So my final thought is that if it understands and is capable of loving something, then it should not be hunted.

Well...I just sorted my mind out in a post.
Should I post it?
Yes, I suppose I shall.

Aram · Post by **Aram** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:59 pm

xiao wrote:
Pc Pro wrote:THE STOP THE JAPS! $\:D/$
The grammar your bad!

it's Yoda...^_^

Yikes... that is awful..

EK · Post by EK » Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:05 pm

Ferder wrote:
xiao wrote:
Meat isn't the only reason they kill the dolphins. Plus the japanese are killing them in a very inhumane and awful way, slowly slicing through them with knives. I think this is a case where we can truly blame the japanese.
Apparently they do a simmilar thing with cows over here in North America, so there you go.

Yeah but we don't eat Dolphin Burgers do we?

Jennifer Doyle · Post by **Jennifer Doyle** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:07 pm

trinity4888 wrote:
Though this disturbes me I must stop and think about it for a moment. Is the slaughter of dolphins any worse than the eating of monkey brains or the hunting of ivory? Not that I encourage those things, quite the opposite, but it seems that the type of animal being murdered changes my feelings on the subject. I don't have problems with deer hunting, but why?
I think it is because of their inteligence. Cows only care about themselves and are rather dumb if you ask me, but dolphins seem to understand love and really care for eachother. So my final thought is that if it understands and is capable of loving something, then it should not be hunted.

We consider animals at different levels of intelligence, but honestly I think they are all pretty similar. I don't know how capable of "love" animals are and I honestly don't have a problem with the humane killing of any animal for a purpose. [Whether for food or for a by-product of the animal.] The video wouldn't work for me, so I can't comment on it other than to say if it is inhumane, like everyone who has seen it agrees thus far, then it is wrong. But not because it is a dolphin.

trinity4888 · Post by **trinity4888** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:07 pm

Jennifer Doyle wrote:
trinity4888 wrote:
Though this disturbes me I must stop and think about it for a moment. Is the slaughter of dolphins any worse than the eating of monkey brains or the hunting of ivory? Not that I encourage those things, quite the opposite, but it seems that the type of animal being murdered changes my feelings on the subject. I don't have problems with deer hunting, but why?
I think it is because of their inteligence. Cows only care about themselves and are rather dumb if you ask me, but dolphins seem to understand love and really care for eachother. So my final thought is that if it understands and is capable of loving something, then it should not be hunted.

We consider animals at different levels of intelligence, but honestly I think they are all pretty similar. I don't know how capable of "love" animals are and I honestly don't have a problem with the humane killing of any animal for a purpose. [Whether for food or for a by-product of the animal.] The video wouldn't work for me, so I can't comment on it other than to say if it is inhumane, like everyone who has seen it agrees thus far, then it is wrong. But not because it is a dolphin.

Thats a very good point. I didn't think to even mention the fact that their deaths were so inhumane. I don't know if animals really have the capabillity to love either but it said in the video that the fisherman would sometimes wound a dolphin because the others one not leave a wounded family member behind. That to me is almost a display of love.
Thanks for pointing that out.

Rio · Post by **Rio** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 11:12 pm

ek wrote:
Ferder wrote:
xiao wrote:
Meat isn't the only reason they kill the dolphins. Plus the japanese are killing them in a very inhumane and awful way, slowly slicing through them with knives. I think this is a case where we can truly blame the japanese.
Apparently they do a simmilar thing with cows over here in North America, so there you go.
Yeah but we don't eat Dolphin Burgers do we?

My cuz ate cat while he was in Japan and brought the left overs homes to his cat and it gobbled it up!

RR

xiao · Post by **xiao** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 11:32 pm

RioRenae wrote:
ek wrote:
Ferder wrote:
xiao wrote:
Meat isn't the only reason they kill the dolphins. Plus the japanese are killing them in a very inhumane and awful way, slowly slicing through them with knives. I think this is a case where we can truly blame the japanese.
Apparently they do a simmilar thing with cows over here in North America, so there you go.
Yeah but we don't eat Dolphin Burgers do we?
My cuz ate cat while he was in Japan and brought the left overs homes to his cat and it gobbled it up!

RR

your cousin is sadistic

Pc Pro · Post by **Pc Pro** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 3:54 am

this is common knowage in Australia cuzs we are big into trying to stop the japs whaling