The hunting of whales is a traditional practice in the Faroe Islands (file image) The practice of dolphin hunting in the Faroe Islands has come under scrutiny after more than 1,400 of the mammals ...
On January 17, hundreds of bottlenose dolphins were herded to shore in Taiji, Japan—one of many dolphin drives that take place there during dolphin hunting season, which generally runs from September ...
JAPANESE ZOOS TO BAN TAIJI DOLPHINS In a decision heralded as “the beginning of the end of dolphin hunting”, Japan’s peak zoo association has voted to stop members buying dolphins captured in the ...
Video footage from GoPro cameras strapped to a pair of Navy-trained bottlenose dolphins reveals the ocean animals' hunting habits up close for the first time. Scientists at the National Marine ...
Yet the fisherman from Taiji say the community's livelihood is dependent on the trade. The dolphin hunting season is expected to last for about six month. Demand for dolphin and whale meat has ...
Along the coast of Laguna in southern Brazil, you can hear the buzz of bottlenose dolphins hunting for their prey. Here, the wild dolphins work hard to herd fish around the lagoons, signaling to ...