July 22, 2023
Another summer is here and in the Nordic archipelago of the Faroe Islands, the fjords again run red with the blood of many pilot whales. These […]
February 21, 2021
This is a short interview with Japanese activist Mineto Meguro concerning dolphin hunting in Japan. Questions: What made you first focus on addressing animal issues? A: […]
January 29, 2021
By Leah Lemieux & Mineto Meguro Guest-writer Mineto Meguro represents the Japanese non-profit organization (NPO) Animal Liberator, one of the few groups in Japan focusing on […]
January 15, 2020
By Cara Sands, Dolphin Project Taiji, 1-12-20: Taiji’s dolphin hunters have certainly been kept busy this month. In this week alone, there have been four successful […]
April 12, 2019
Despite the fact that dolphins are incredibly intelligent, sociable, and sentient beings, we still choose to hunt them, either to death as part of traditional slaughters […]
August 9, 2018
Faroe Islands – A bloody spectacle: Whales are forced to the beach by locals, to get slaughtered. By Andrea Jeska It is ten o’clock in the […]
March 13, 2018
The tiny town of Taiji, and its dolphin hunts held in an innocuous local cove, have the deep support of Japan’s most powerful political forces. By […]
January 18, 2018
Something is happening in Japan. A Sea Change. Little by little, without much notice or debate, a change. Across Japan, the practice of hunting dolphins and […]
November 13, 2016
A tour of Hong Kong’s shark fin trading quarters is the harrowing testimony to how openly such products are still being traded. In addition, there are […]
July 11, 2016
Last week, 6 July, saw the first grindadráp (grind) of the year in the Faroe Islands with 43 pilot whales killed. For those who want to see […]