The Cove Effect: 70 Dolphins Are Saved From Japan's Slaughter

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By Brett Israel
Sep 16, 2009 1:52 AMNov 5, 2019 8:57 PM
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The hunting and killing of bottlenose dolphins in Japanese fishing towns is no longer a quiet secret.

The outcry has been growing against the hunt in Taiji, western Japan, since an award-winning American documentary The Cove this year showed dolphins being herded into an inlet and killed by fishermen with spears [AP].

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