Japan zoos to stop buying dolphins from grisly hunt
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Japan’s association of zoos and aquariums said yesterday it will stop buying dolphins taken in a controversial hunt made famous in an Oscar-winning documentary, possibly raising pressure to halt the annual event Japan says is a tradition.
The hunt, featured in the 2009 film “The Cove,” involves driving hundreds of dolphins into a cove in the western port town of Taiji. Some are taken alive for sale to marine parks, some are released and the others are killed for meat.
Japan was told a month ago that it faced losing membership of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums unless it stopped buying dolphins from Taiji. The loss of membership would mean Japan would lose access to zoo animals such as elephants and giraffes from overseas. Some officials decried the “bullying” over the hunt.
Head of the Japan Association of Zoos and Aquariums Kazutoshi Arai told media a majority of members voted to stop buying the dolphins from Taiji, but said it was a reluctant choice.
Japan maintains that dolphins and whales are an important marine resource and should be hunted sustainably.
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