This morning was nothing short of greed, for the town of Taiji. 3 Bottlenose dolphins were transferred from the captive holding pens located in the harbor to the above ground tanks at Taiji Dolphin Resort. As the transfer was complete, the killing boats were forming a drive formation at the horizon.

The barbarians wasted no time in driving an entire family unit of 13 Risso dolphins into the killing cove. This pod included 2 juveniles and 2 very young babies that were eventually tossed onto a skiff, held under a tarp by the body weight of the killers and then dumped out at sea.

These 4 will most likely not survive without their mothers. Simultaneously 9 adult Rissos were viciously murdered. Trainers were under the tarps side by side with the dolphin killers as none of the pod deemed suitable for captivity, but only for human consumption. No words can describe the cruelty that continues almost daily here in Taiji.