Sunday, October 31, 2010

Humans Protecting Dolphins from Humans

Protesters near a Japanese Consulate, October 16, 2010.
















Thousands of animal advocates flocked to Japanese Embassy and Consulate offices around the world on October 14, in a rousing display of human compassion and empathy for Taiji dolphins.

The Social Action Campaign for The Cove has created global awareness of the brutal annual slaughter of more than 20,000 dolphins and porpoises off the coast of Japan, in the village of Taiji. The campaign has also exposed the practice of selling Taiji dolphin meat, which contains toxic levels of mercury, to Japanese consumers.

The thousands of people who peacefully demonstrated on behalf of dolphins showed up in Miami, Los Angeles, Boston, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, Detroit, Atlanta, New York, Honolulu, London, Toronto, Ottawa, Dublin, Cape Town, Isreal, Jakarta,Vienna, Melbourne, the Philippines and Hong Kong, as well as many other cities worldwide.

Considering the covert nature of the original investigation into the Taiji dolphin slaughter, it is an amazing testimony to the power of social networking that thousands of people all over the world are now demonstrating on behalf of dolphins who swim the waters near a tiny, remote village in Japan.

What are you passionate about? Whatever it is, start now. The world awaits your call to action.