Any killing of any animal, that is done inhumanly is wrong. We have laws on how animals slaugtered for meat, must be treated, and there should be the same laws in all countries. The problem being, that dolpins are trainable, and likeable and harmless and animals like that, are more likely to have people trying to stop the killing of them. Animals that can be percieved as harmful, not so cute, or untrainable, arent cared about so much. We protest waling, killing of dolpins and turtles, but only a small group worry about our beautiful sharks. Arent they all equal? And then you have the history factor, when I was in Alaska a couple of years ago, I saw a seal with a spear sticking out of its head and still alive, the eskimo can still hunt, seals and whales because they have done for hundeds of years. but they must use original weapons, like spears. Im not sure if this is humane, but they think it gives the seal a better chance to escape than using a gun. Maybe if we took away the boats and modern netting, and gave them the tools of hundreds of years ago, it would be different. they couldnt cull that many. Surely when the practise started hundreds of years ago, they only took what they could eat. Why not apply the same rules to the dolpin catchers, a row boat, and spears, no motors, no nets. I would love to see it stopped altogether, and refuse to go to Japan, until the whaleing and dolphin killing stops, maybe if it effects their economy, because tourism stops something might be done. Vote with your feet, visit another country.
