A closer inspection Slaughter and Captive Sales Stats – 15 years Every single ticket bought in support of the captive entertainment industry fuels the Taiji drive hunt and slaughter! Every marine park ticket. Every movie ticket showcasing captive cetaceans. Make the pledge: I WILL NEVER BY A TICKET! Statistics are available since 2000 – only 15 years. Thirty years of Taiji drive hunt statistics are unavailable! Taiji Slaughter & Captivity Sales - 15 years YEAR# SLAUGHTERED# SOLD FOR ENTERTAINMENTMONEY MADE (pending) 16,180 dolphins slaughtered in 15 years of tracking.1,462 dolphins sold for captive entertainment in 15 years of tracking. 201475180 2013834158 2012899247 201174451 201084998 20091,122120 20081,40293 20071,14990 20061,499125 20051,00240 20041,537139 200384235 20021,93583 20011,19135 20002,00968 As an admittedly random bit of guesswork, multiple these totals by 3 for a very general estimate of the toll taken by the Taiji drive hunts since their beginning, around 1970! Dolphins sold for captive entertainment: 4,386! Dolphins slaughtered: 48,540! Is this an ecologically sound action? Is this an action that anyone would choose to support? When will a healthy ecology trump greed for money? When will man become human? What will we each do to stop the Taiji dolphin drive hunt and slaughter? Source: http://www.ceta-base.com/drivefisheries.html
