All 12 killing boats left Taiji harbor this morning just before 7am. Only half of the killers were on the boats as the other half stayed at the Fisherman's Union prepping nets and skiffs for captive transfers. Dolphin killers in dive suits transferred 2 Bottlenose dolphins to Taiji Whale Museum and 6 Bottlenose dolphins to Hotel Dolphin Resort.

Simultaneously 10 killing boats were driving a pod of Striped dolphins toward Taiji and within an hour the entire pod was netted into the killing cove. The echoing sound of the killers yelling and laughing did not cover up the sound of the thrashing of the dolphins as they were viciously murdered one by one.

The cove soon turned a bright crimson and it became eerily silent as the dead bodies were hauled off to the Taiji butcher house. No lives were spared today and the entire pod of 40-45 Striped dolphins was butchered for human consumption