2007 has been declared Year of the Dolphins by the United Nations and the United Nations Environment Programme.
To this day, dolphin hunting in Japan has remained unchecked despite a "quota" allowed by the government. There is no ban on dolphin-hunting in Japan. A graphic video by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society showed the merciless killing of dolphins. The video showed several dead or dying dolphins bleeding profusely being brought ashore in boats through blood-filled coves.
The International Whaling Commission is responsible for regulating catches of the large whale species, but the smaller species of whales, dolphins and porpoises (commonly known as 'small cetaceans') are also members of the same zoological order of Cetacea. Member governments, however, hold different views over the legal competence of the IWC to regulate direct and incidental catches of small cetaceans.
A petition to stop the slaughter of whales and dolphins was launched by Pedro Oliveira, an advocate for the banning of merciless whale and dolphin-hunting. To petition, please visit http://www.petitiononline.com/golfinho/
References:
Save Taiji Dophins Campaign
European Cetacean by Catch Campaign
http://www.glumbert.com/media/dolph
Cetacean By-Catch Resource Center
Credit goes to Awara, a 360 blogger who posted the article on dolphin-hunting.
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