The Toll Taken

No, Ric O’Barry – do not blame yourself for this dolphin’s death. Taiji, Japan would love for you to try to intervene physically so they could deport you and hamper your efforts to expose their cruelty.

Taiji fishermen dump dolphin bodies to preserve openings in quotas!

Risso quota for the 2015/2016 Taiji drive hunt season is 256. Documentation of recent risso kills – bodies dumped at sea, washed up on shore. Bodies are dumped so they don’t count against the pre-set quotas. Japanese honor does not live in Taiji! Read more from Sea Shepherd Cove Guardians.

Read more from The Guardian