First dolphins killed in Japan's annual Taiji hunt

Fishermen catch 20 of the mammals on the first day of the controversial six-month hunting season featured in anti-dolphin killing film The CoveJapanese fishermen on Friday killed the first dolphins of the season in a controversial annual hunt that attracted global attention after it was featured in the Oscar-winning 2009 documentary The Cove.
Fishermen at the western town of Taiji caught 20 dolphins, according to the local Kii Mimpo newspaper. Continue reading...