Dolphin drive hunting
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Dolphin drive hunting, also called dolphin drive fishing, is a method of hunting dolphins – and occasionally other small cetaceans such as pilot whales – by herding them toward the shore with boats, t
Atlantic white-sided dolphin caught in a drive hunt in Hvalba on the Faroe Islands being taken away with a forklift
Killed pilot whales on the beach in the village Hvalba on the southernmost Faroese island Suðuroy, August 2002
The fishing village of Taiji
Dusky dolphin being skinned on a boat in Peru
The Cove (film)
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The Cove is a 2009 American documentary film directed by Louie Psihoyos that analyzes and questions dolphin hunting practices in Japan. The film is a call to action to halt mass dolphin kills and capt
Dolphin drive hunting
…hunt captures small cetaceans for their meat and for sale to dolphinariums. Taiji has a long connection to Japanese whaling. The 2009 documentary film The Cove drew international attention to the hunt. In 2015, Japan's aquariums decided to stop purchasing dolphins from the hunt. Though it is forbidden under…
Film poster featuring a photograph of Canadian freediving world champion Mandy-Rae Cruickshank swimming with dolphins
Ric O'Barry at the Cove in Taiji, Japan, in 2014