Activists widely condemn dolphin hunts in Japan

In Taiji Cove, Japan, fishermen kill hundreds of dolphins each year.

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00:00These dolphin slaughters occur almost daily for six months.

00:28Dolphin drive season begins September and continues through the months of March.

00:32These dolphin killers will go out and hunt these dolphins and small whales almost daily.

00:58After a traumatic four days held captive in the killing cove, they experienced violent

01:08captive selection, being separated from their family, and then eventually were killed today.

01:14Slaughters occur and dolphins are taken captive for marine parks around the world.

01:28Japan sets their own quota of roughly 1,200 dolphins.

01:49They target bottlenose dolphins, rhesus dolphins, specific white-sided dolphins, spotted dolphins.