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Minke Whale Trapped Day 12 Taiji

Female minke trapped by set net in the infamous Taiji, Japan where dolphins are captured and slslaughtered. 2020 a terrible year for the world, has continued to be horrific for cetaceans trying to swim by The Cove, Taiji, Japan. December a bloody month in Taiji would end the year with a female minke whale trapped in set nets owned by the cruel dolphin hunters of Taiji, OSANA fisheries. For 12…

Death is Tilikum’s Only Escape From SeaWorld

By Kirsten Massebeau Ripped from his family 35 years ago Tilikum the star of the film “Blackfish” has been diagnosed with a deadly respiratory infection that cannot be cured. The prognosis is not good. SeaWorld continues to update the public with tears in their eyes, trying to convince the world that “they care”but in reality all SeaWorld saw in Tilikum was a river of golden sperm that would…

Death is The Only Freedom Tilikum Will Ever See

By Kirsten Massebeau Ripped from his family 35 years ago Tilikum the star of the film Blackfish has been diagnosed with a deadly respiratory infection that cannot be cured. The prognosis is not good. SeaWorld continues to update the public with tears in their eyes, trying to convince the world that “they care”but in reality all SeaWorld saw in Tilikum was a river of golden sperm that would…

Pilot Whale Pod Shattered Forever In The Cove

By Kirsten Massebeau Image by The Ric O’Barry Dolphin Project Cove Monitors 11-20-15 A pod of approximately 50 pilot whales were driven into, “The Cove“, netted off and left for the night on November 19th. In years past the dolphin killers have stated that the mammoth cetaceans, closest cousin to the orca, was much easier to slaughter and capture after a night without food and water. Cove…

Captive Dolphins in Bali Victims of Abuse and Torture

By Kirsten Massebeau Via: Instagram nataschaelisa: After seeing and signing a petition on change.org last week about 4 wild dolphins being held in a small pool in Bali for tourist entertainment I went to see them myself and it was absolutely heart breaking… On July 11th, 2015 Fashion model Natascha Elisa and a member of Models Of Compassion intentionally visited “Wake Bali  Resort” to document…

By Kirsten Massebeau

Makah tribal members celebrate on the back of a gray whale killed in the 1999 hunt as it’s brought to the beach in Neah Bay.

A baby gray whale was killed in the name of “tradition”by Makah whalers in 1999. Some Tribal Elders decried this killing as “non-traditional” yet today the Makah whalers are on the very of getting a waiver of the Marine Mammal Protection Act to again…

By Kirsten Massebeau

Local residents and volunteers of Hokota, Ibaraki worked tirelessly to save the lives of 150 melon headed whales stranded on the beach of Ibaraki, Japan. Via: CMP Facebook

150 melon headed whales would wash up unto the shores of of Ibaraki, Japan April 10, 2015 (Japan time). Local residents and officials worked tirelessly to help the melon headed whales but sadly only three…

In Memory of the Dolphins Lost in “The Cove” Hunting 2014-2015

By Kirsten Massebeau

In Memory of all the Dolphins Families Destroyed Season 2014/2015 in “The Cove” Image compiled by Takayo Yamaguchi

As another year of the Taiji dolphin drive hunting season ends dolphin activists worldwide take time for reflection as they contemplate and remember dolphins families and victims lost since September 1st.

Dolphin travelers migrating North will find the Kuroshio…