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 * 1) The sluaghting takes place in Taiji.
 * 2) It starts in early Septmember and in later march.
 * 3) Japan's annual quota is about 20,000 dolphins.
 * 4) The meat from on animal is about 50,000 yen or 330pounds
 * 5) Some aquariums are prepared to pay up to £90,000 for certain types of meat
 * 6) Fishermen pursue pods of dolphins across open seas banging metal poles together beneath the water to confuse their hypersensitive sonar
 * 7) The exhuasted mammal is driven into a cove sealed of by netting to stop them from escaping
 * 8) Then pushed back into the fisherman knifes and spears to be killed
 * 9) They are taken on a boat to a quayside to be cut up and put in a ware house
 * 10) They process the dolphins
 * 11) They use all part of the dolphin except the head
 * 12) They use even use the organs
 * 13) The meat has 2 parts per million of mecury
 * 14) The organs have 2000 parts per million of mercury
 * 15) This is very dangerous to the human body
 * 16) The goverment in japan allows it to be sold
 * 17) Dophin has be added to the school lunches
 * 18) The dolphins are processed in 24 hours
 * 19) The have a sewage system to export all blood from the ware house
 * 20) They slaughter the dolphins early in the morning so no one can see it happening
 * 21) They also only bring the dolphins to the ware house at night
 * 22) Over 25,000 dolphins die a year
 * 23) The japaness goverment says this sluaghting is alright
 * 24) The killing of the animals are watched by regular peopole
 * 25) The people cant do any thing
 * 1) There are dolphin farms
 * 2) The dolphin farms can hold up to 20 dolphins
 * 3) Its a 30 by 30 foot square
 * 4) The dolphins useally will only stay in there for 24 hours
 * 5) The hunters useally kill babies first
 * 6) The kill babies first so the mother stays in the farm looking for her baby
 * 7) They use knifes and spears to stab the dolphins to death
 * 8) Some are taken to the ware house alive for fresher meat
 * 9) Dolphin sluaghter is turning in a million dollar "company"
 * 10) They dont clean off the dolphins before killing them
 * 11) In the farm they're metal poles that confuse the dolphins
 * 12) This pushes the dolphins in the cove where the japaness are waiting to kill them
 * 13) Some dolphins are saved by selling them to parks
 * 14) But they are sold at a high price
 * 15) They are sold for about 150,000 dollars
 * 16) Thats for one dolphin
 * 17) The company is only for profit
 * 18) The can sell one dolphin for 330 lbs or about 500 US dollars
 * 19) They dont sell the head of the animal because it doesnt serve a pirpose to profit use
 * 20) The goverment allows to happen each year
 * 21) Some people in towns were this happens decline the fact that it happens near them

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Last chloewhitelock1987,. "Dolphin Slaughter in Japan." //Squidoo.com//. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Jan 2011. .
 * 20,000 dolphins are slaughtered each year in Japan
 * 1) It is a tradition that goes back centuries
 * 2) Dolphins are herded into a small cove then slashed with knives
 * 3) No one is allowed near the coves
 * 4) The Dolphins are being slaughtered so that the Japanese can make money
 * 5) Dolphin meat is sold for about 9,000 US dollars
 * 6) Some dolphins are kept alive to be sold into the captive dolphin & whale industry
 * 7) The dolphins that are kept alive suffer for several years
 * 8) Live dolphins are sold for up to 100,000 US dollars
 * 9) Majority of Japanese citizens don't know that these dolphins are being slaughtered
 * 10) The dolphin slaughtering continues because of the large profits
 * 11) Dolphin meat is mostly sold as whale meat
 * 12) The people that are eating the dolphin believe that it is whale meat
 * 13) The japanese also perform whaling
 * 14) Whaling is the act of killing whales for thier meat
 * 15) A movie called "The Cove" was written about dolphin slaughter
 * 16) It is a documentary to inform people that the slaughtering of small sea animals is being performed
 * 17) Some of the meat is currently being sold in the UK
 * 18) Takes place mostly in Taiji, Japan
 * 19) The Faroe Islands also do "whaling"
 * 20) Majority of the world is unaware of the killings
 * 21) Famous actors like Hayden Panettiere and Ted Danson have been trying to act on these events
 * 22) Dolphin meat includes a high amount of Mercury
 * 23) Mercury threatens the health of those who eat the meat
 * 24) Takes place between March and September

__//**CS**//__ "Dolphin Slaughter Needs to be Stopped." //facts-about-dolphins//. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Jan 2011. .
 * 1) The slaughtering situation gets worse each year
 * 2) A cruel practice that has the dolphins in unneccesary pain
 * 3) The facts about dolphin slaughter is being held from the Japanese
 * 4) Refuse to alert the citizens that the meat is very dangerous to your health
 * 5) Widely claimed to be a "crime against nature"
 * 6) Many dolphins get comfused and get caught up in the nets, forcing them to die
 * 7) Associations controlling marine parks and aquariums ignore this and continue to purchase animals from the drive hunts
 * 8) Between October 1st and December 13th 2004, 609 dolphins were slaughtered
 * 9) Killed a total of 1,165 dolphins in 2004 during hunting season
 * 10) Captured 78 dolphins to sell to marine parks
 * 11) Just by going to a dolphin show or participating in a dolphin swim program, you could be helping th cause
 * 12) “We are appalled by the horrific slaughter of dolphins every year by the Japanese drive hunts. This cruel hunt must be banned.” - Cathy Williams
 * 13) The meat contains 87 times the permitted level of mercury
 * 14) They can die when seperated from their mothers
 * 15) They die from starvation
 * 16) Marine parks are helping the people that perform the slaughtering by continuing to purchase the dolphins
 * 17) People watching thecaptured dolphin shows in marine parks have no idea that the animals are captured by dolphin slaughterers
 * 18) Dolphins that escape the slaughtering usually die soon after from injuries
 * 19) Mainly bottlenose and risso dolphins
 * 20) Marine conservationists and concerned individuals gather in over 40 cities to protest the killing and selling of small whales and dolphins

== RosemaryC. == 1. 1.Small whales, dolphins and porpoises are still hunted today. //www.TakePart.com// 2. 2.Commercial whaling was banned in 1946 3. 3.Japan still kill whale because of the part in the law that says you can for science. 4. 4.Norway, Japan, and Iceland refuse to follow the law and Norway and Iceland never signed the law. 5. 5.Japan kill more dolphins each year that all the other countries combined. 6. 6.The Japan Taji fishery hunts and kills 2400 Whales and Dolphins each year 7. 7.Most dolphin hunters hide their catch by covering them with tarps and hiding the boats. 8. 8.Japan estimated to kill 3,510 dolphins total every year 9. 9.In Taji, the feature Japan town in the move “the Cove” says they refuse to quit their tradition of dolphin hunting 10. 10.People in Taji have been hunting dolphins since the 1600 hundreds 11. 11.Canada, Japan, Greenland, the U.S, Iceland, Norway, Peru, Madagascar, India, Sir Lanka, Russia, Taiwan, Philippians, and Indonesia all hunt dolphins and small whales. 12. 12.Indonesia Hunts spinner dolphins illegally in unknown numbers. 13. 13.Most of the countries that hunt dolphins or whale do it for scientific research. 14. 14.Madagascar hunts only dolphins 15. 15.The townspeople believe “The Cove” is another foreign biased movie on their culture. 16. 16.The dolphin killing is done in a conceal area like with any other food animal 17. 17.Everyone in the town knows of the dolphin hunting 18. 18.On hunting days the water in the cove runs red form the dolphins being killed //www.msnbc.msn.com//

19. 19.Some Dolphins are sent to aquariums for dolphin shows 20. 20.Other dolphins are in a roped off part of the cove where the fishermen charge 2000 yen ($22) for tourists to swim with the dolphins 21. 21.The Japanese Government allows 19,000 dolphins to be killed each year 22. 22.Only 2000 of the dolphins killed are for meat 23. 23.The Dolphins are dragged up on the shore and stabbed to death 24. 24.The Japanese people that appeared in the film says they were tricked into talking on the film 25. 25.The Japan government supports the fishermen calling the film “unbalanced” 26. 26.Yutaka Aoki, fisheries division director at the Foreign Ministry, says “There are some countries that eat cows, and there are other countries that eat whales or dolphins” news.nationalgeographic.com

27. 27.The movie “The Cove” has won the 2010 Oscar for best documentary 28. 28.The fisherman earn about $500 for each dolphin 29. 29.Many people speak out against dolphin hunting like Ric O'Barry (the host for the TV show Flipper) speaks actively against dolphin hunting/ captivity 30. 30.The town Taji does not eat a lot of Dolphin meat anyway, yet they kill about 2000 dolphins every year for meat 31. 31.Other places like the cove in Taji include Faroe islands in Denmark that kill hundreds of dolphins in cove like in Taji

32. Harpooner’s kill over 10,000 dolphins and small whales each year, that 5x the amount killed in Taji 33. Fishermen kill dolphins illegally and frequently in Peru 34. In the Solomon islands dolphins are regularly killed for their meat and their teeth. 35. The Solomon island is one of the smallest hunts in the world with less than a hundred dolphins a year 36. Globally most Dolphin Populations are safe, but a few species are on the risk of extinction 37.Protests are held everywhere each year at the 26 embassy for Japan www.newswire.com

38.The Dolphins are Dragged up on the shore and stabbed repeatedly until the sea run runs red with the dolphin blood 39.The Japanese government has banned anyone to photogragh or take video of the Japanese killing dolphins 40. The aquarium industry subsidizes the slaughter by offering thousands of dollars to buy a few prime specimens of dolphins from the shallow waters of the blood-filled slaughter pools 41. fishermen beat on long metal poles stuck into the water. At the end of each pipe is a metal disc which carries the sound, panicking the dolphins so they are easy to capture 42. The fishermen drive the dolphins into a bay and close it with nets 43. dolphins are caught, one by one. Fishermen drive a long metal pin into the neck of each dolphin 44. The Japanese fishermen are indiscriminate, they kill any species that approaches the coast 45. Sea Shepherd has offered a reward of $10,000 to encourage people including citizens of Japan, to document the killing because they are no longer allowed to. The most graphic footage will be rewarded with the cash.

Biblyography: Alabaster, By Jay. "Japan Dolphin Hunt Town Shrugs off 'Cove' Oscar - Travel - Destination Travel - Asia Travel - Msnbc.com." //Breaking// //News, Weather, Business, Health, Entertainment, Sports, Politics, Travel, Science, Technology, Local, US & World News- Msnbc.com//. Web. 16 Dec. 2010. .

"January 2009." //Save Japan Dolphins//. Web. 15 Dec. 2010. .

"Whale, Dolphin and Porpoise Hunting." //Take Part//. TakePart, 2008. Web. 15 Dec. 2010. .

Mid-1980s, By The. ""Cove" Movie Assails Dolphin Hunt, Gets Oscar Boost." //Daily Nature and Science News and Headlines | National// //Geographic News//. Web. 16 Dec. 2010. .

"Activists Worldwide Protest Japan's Dolphin Slaughter." //Environment News Service//. Web. 17 Dec. 2010. .

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 * 1) About 3000 dolphins are killed each year by tuna fishers in the Pacific Ocean
 * 2) An estimate of 6 million dolphins, have been killed like this since the 1950’s
 * 3) Bush did not want to release these facts
 * 4) It would ruin the attempt to Mexico and other countries around there label their tuna as dolphin- safe
 * 5) In recent years, The US has stated that they wont sell tuna unless it is caught in a way that wont harm dolphins

Previous Knowledge 1. 2,300 dolphins are murdered on the coast of Japan a year 2. In Japan, they trap dolphins in nets 3. They are trapped for the public to watch 4.They have trainers come from all over Japan to choose which Dolphins they want 5.Then they trap the rest of them in a cove were the public cannot see what is going on 6.There they are let out from the nets 7.They are them stabbed and beat to death 8.Then they are taken and made into food 9.The food is labeled as Whale meat. 10.The Dolphin meat has mercury 11.People in Japan have mercury poisoning from eating Dolphin 12.10, 40, and even 160 times more mercury have been found in the hair of those who have eaten Dolphin, compared to the average Japanese citizen 13.The meat used to be fed to kids in schools across Japan 14.2 Taiji councilmen have children in the school systems that would be eating the meat 15.Because of them, they got Dolphin meat got banned from schools 16.Dolphins are still slaughtered in this cove today 17.In 2009, a movie called The Cove was released into theaters 18.The Cove showed the journey of Ric O’ Barry and a team of others traveling to the cove, trying to stop the dolphin slaughter there 19.A group of surfers went there to try and save the dolphins 20.In the 1960's there were only 3 or 4 swim with the dolphin places in the world 21.In the 1960's, there was a show called Flipper 22.The show was about a dolphin named Flipper 23.Dolphins can commite suicide 24.The Dolphin who played Flipper, commited suicide 25.Dolphins can commite suicide just like humans, take a breath, and then not take another 26.Most people in Japan do not know that dolphins are being slaughtered 27.Dolphin are put in shows against their own will 28.Dolphins in captivity are not happy 29.They put on a fake smile, to trick those who come to watch 30.In Japan, people can watch a dolphin show, while eating dolphin meat 31.Many famous people are speaking out 32.Stars like Jennifer Aniston, and Hayden Panettiere 33.There is an episode of south park that deals with the issue 34.Stan and his family go to the Denver Aquarium to swim with the dolphins 35.When he is there, the Japanese attack and kill the dolphins

[] 1.Hunters are in a line of motor boats that make a wall of sound 2.They make the wall by banging on metal poles lowered into the water 3.The dolphin get scared, and try to swim to the shore to get away from the noise 4.Then they are brought into a cove and trapped by nets 5.Then they are stabbed to death