After several days “relative” calm has overtaken the brutal and bloody reality of this seemingly beautiful town in southern Japan again. Some 60 dolphins have in the past two days in the bay of death their life essence, shedding their blood. The horror of breathless agitation, panic at bay and make the brutality simply speechless. Continue reading
Update # 20 from Taiji – The hunters do not have enough
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Theater Ticino in Wädenswil – Moby Dick on the novel by Herman Melville – Sunday, 02.20, 17.30 clock.
THE GIANT CLASSIC MINIATURE AS A THEATRICAL WORLDNone other than the puppeteer Neville Tranter has coached Mary, the theater for “Moby Dick”. The result is an experimental blend of puppetry, scenic and scientific treatise game. So you have seen the great classics to Captain Ahab, the white whale, and the melancholy sailor Ishmael never. Continue reading
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Update No. 19 in Taiji – Ten dolphins
Relieved, I put on my Control shortly before seven voyages that the hunting boats are parked in the harbor. This despite the best weather and the best hunting conditions. I do not mind and on my way to Nachi, the beautiful temple complex near one of the highest waterfalls in Japan. Again, this treasure belongs to the Unesco World Heritage Site and probably quite a few guests along with local tourists attract more from abroad. Continue reading
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Update No.18 from Taiji – Bad weather is good weather
Was almost always good during his stay, calm, dry weather, but lots of things going on in the hell dolphin hunt. The Hans Peter tells me before he left. Since I am here, it seems to be almost the reverse: Constant change in the weather. At times the rain, the nearby Kii mountains and snow. Today's has poured cats and dogs. Continue reading
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Taiji Update No. 17: shift change
After five weeks of my trip in Japan will stay to the end. It was my most difficult and shocking journey into dolphin protection matters. But even the most intense, exciting, meaningful and hopeful!At this point I would like to sincerely thank all those people and organizations who through their support of various type and size of recent company made it possible. Continue reading
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Taiji Update No. 16: Re-porpoise
“Seven clock out they are gone.” This gives us the friendly man explained by the Coast Guard, which we observed already at the marina of Katsuura to the outside again to report on our waiting boat the Coast Guard, when we run out. He speaks of the dolphin hunters. It has been raining all night – the first time since I arrived here more than four weeks . Continue reading
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Taiji Update No.15: dolphin hunting observation
Expire suddenly in their “own” boat from the marina of Katsuura, the neighboring village of Taiji, to all is a special feeling. “Welcome!” Michael Dalton smiles mischievously-friendly, waving us on board. Together with Yoshiko Wada, a young Japanese woman who helps since December 2010 in efforts to stop the dolphin hunt in Japan, he drives the boat towards the open sea. Continue reading
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OceanCare participation in the UN in New York on 14 to 18 February
From 14 – 2/18/2011 will be held at the UN General Assembly in New York, the Ad Hoc Working Group of the Whole. This committee develops policies based on scientific evidence and international recommendations and decisions consolidated the various international forums. OceanCare with Sigrid Lüber site. Continue reading
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Taiji Update No. 14: riots after shocking new pictures of the death of bay
Nahaufnahen are incredible, both in what they show, as well as in their quality. A video shows blank range, such as stripes dolphins are killed in a bestial way. A dolphin hunters rammed a dolphin a sharp metal rod in the back and pokes around in the dolphin becomes quite abdomen. After he pulled out the rod, he sticks a pin hole into the wound, so that no blood flows out, the death of the bay could turn red. Continue reading
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After Nami's death – 80 kilos in stones Orca stomach
After the death of Orca Nami in Nagoya has unearthed the autopsy literally frightening. The whale caught in Taiji had swallowed more than 80 kilos stones. The stones must have swallowed the animal in Taiji Whale Museum. There was Orca for over 25 years in a small lagoon held. The substrate is made of natural rocks and stones. Continue reading
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