Headline Of The Week Weak
"Fried dolphin on menu in Japanese town"
Someone call Hayden! CLICK HERE to read the article accompanying this headline!
[Image via WENN.]
Mention a dolphin to someone in the United States and they'll think about a trip to Sea World, maybe, or Flipper, the dolphin that was the star of the mid-1960s TV show.
Talk about a dolphin in rural Japan and some people think of supper.
Fishermen hunt dolphins about every day in Taiji, a town of about 3,000 in southwestern Japan that juts into the Pacific Ocean. The sounds of waves crashing onto a rocky shore mingle in Taiji with the screeching wails of dolphins being chopped and hacked to death by fishermen.
Locals know they offend Western sensibilities by eating dolphins, but they say it's a tradition hundreds of years old. And they say outsiders have no more right to tell them to stop eating dolphins than they would have to demand that Westerners stop slaughtering chickens or cows.
"I know there are many different ways of thinking in different societies, but for us who've been eating this for a long time … it's an awkward thing to be criticized for," says Kayoko Tanaka, a retired middle school teacher. "I either fry dolphin meat or turn it into a stew."
That disgusts Ric O'Barry, a 68-year-old retired dolphin trainer from Miami, Florida, who makes a second home in Taiji, where he goes to unusual lengths to fight against the tide of local tradition.
O'Barry sometimes dresses as a woman or wears a large surgical mask to disguise his Western identity on trips to spots overlooking the ocean. He prowls the cliffs with a video camera, hoping to catch fishermen in the act with footage that could stir emotions and raise awareness in the West.
"This here is ground zero for the largest slaughter of dolphins on planet Earth," says O'Barry, who trained five dolphins to play "Flipper" on the TV series of that name. "It's absolutely barbaric and it needs to stop."
He says the dolphins face a cruel fate.
"It takes a very long time to die. They bleed to death. And some of them are dragged in the boats with hooks while they're still alive," he says. "Many of them are gutted while they're still alive."
Looming beyond questions of whether the slaughter is humane, however, are larger and more complex questions of culture and perspective.
To some puzzled people in rural Japan, the question comes down to this: What's the difference between killing and eating a dolphin and killing and eating a fish? Or a chicken? Or a cow?
Australia challenges Japan's whale hunts
Most Japanese do not eat dolphins — it's common in a few small fishing villages — but the government respects the rights of people in towns such as Taiji, says Joji Morishita, the international negotiator for Japan's Fisheries Agency.
Many Japanese consider the deer a sacred messenger from the gods, he says, but they would never suggest that people in other parts of the world stop venturing into the woods on a quest for venison.
"We don't like to play God to say this animal is just for food and this is not," he says. "Because we know nation to nation we have totally different ideas."
That's obvious in the growing dispute between Australia and Japan over whale hunting.
Japanese ships crisscross southern oceans each winter to capture and kill up to 1,000 whales. Whaling is allowed under international law when done for scientific reasons, which Japan cites as the legal basis for its hunts.
Legal justifications aside, however, the whale hunts offend many people in Australia, where new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has turned up the political pressure on Japan.
His government has dispatched a customs ship to monitor and videotape the whalers. And Rudd says Australia could even file charges against Japan in an international court to try to stop the whaling.
Back in Taiji, the fishermen are well aware of the Western sentiment that motivates whaling opponents. They realize the danger to their way of life that can come with prying cameras from other countries.
When CNN trained its cameras on fishermen gutting some freshly killed dolphins, the fishermen erected some tarps to obstruct the view.
Representatives of the Taiji Fishermen's Union declined CNN requests for an on-camera interview. So did the town's mayor and several others. And O'Barry says he's gotten into a few shouting matches with fishermen, who resent him and his camera.
High levels of mercury found in dolphins
So what does O'Barry say to their claim that he has no right to tell them to abandon a tradition that has flourished in their small corner of the world for more than 400 years?
"If someone came to my hometown and told me what to do, what to eat, I'd be outraged," he says. "But that's not going to stop me from doing it. I mean, tradition? It used to be traditional for women not to vote. So do we keep that going because it's traditional and cultural? Of course not."
Complicating the debate are findings suggesting that eating dolphins may not be good for one's health. The Japanese government said in 2005 that bottlenose dolphin meat contains 12 times more mercury than blue fin tuna — high levels of mercury in fish can cause health problems in pregnant women and young children.
A city councilman in Taiji, Junichiro Yamashita, grew so concerned about mercury levels that he persuaded locals schools to stop serving dolphin meat at lunch. He even plucked some of his hair, sent it off for testing and discovered that it contained seven times as much mercury as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers safe.
The mercury findings have not swayed Masaru Matsushita, a Taiji fish dealer. He says that dolphin activists like O'Barry only see their needs without understanding the culture in his town.
"I understand that they think the dolphin in a cute animal, and I agree they're cute doing performances," he says, "but it is our culture to eat dolphins."
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Re: Pooparoni –
lmao Japan's not overpopulated. AMERICA is overpopulated in Urban areas. Japan's population has actually been on the decline.
I stand for the people of this town because It's just WRONG to intrude in other people traditions. Do you see Japan coming over here to stop the deer hunting? No. Americans need to acknowledge their own faults before trying to fix others. Hayden is doing this to gain more popularity, she's a trashy skank.
um hello dolphins are mammals ffs. do NOT eat dolphins. traditions change!
Oh.. My… Fucking… God
I wish the fucking Japanese would just stop being so cruel. They eat anything that moves. They see a fucking flower and it's blooming, they attack it ninja-style and eat it. They see a car move and I bet you they would eat it.
I wish there was like a sea full of Japanese people next to Japan, and then Japanese hunters can hunt them down and make them have a very long time to die. They bleed to death. And some of them are dragged in the boats with hooks while they're still alive. I hope many of them are gutted while they're still alive. Maybe then they'll stop fucking eating everything that moves!
I don't fucking care if I'm being racist. I'm usually able to contain my anger. But you Japanese people have just gone too far. And I also don't fucking care if you can get dolphin anywhere and I don't know what the fuck mahi mahi is, the point is that they started it, and they think they're setting the greatest example in the world, BUT THEY FUCKING AREN'T! You fucking egoistic Japanese people need to stick to sushi and leave the poor dolphins alone.
There's this episode of The Simpsons, where dolphins take their revenge on people, I hope exactly that happens to the Japanese people.
STOP FUCKING ELIMINATING EVERY ANIMAL ON THIS EARTH WITH YOUR FUCKING EATING HABITS!
You need to fuck off.
Did it ever occur to you that people actually CARE about animals?
Did it ever occur to you that people actually DON'T care about overpopulation or not? So Japanese people like to have babies, nobody gives a shit.
It's not America's fault that Japan isn't doing anything to stop the deer hunting, they aren't even making an effort, just sitting at home eating every type of fish possible.
I'm not from America, but I do agree that Americans have faults. They are only human, and most want to keep our animals.
And Hayden isn't a skank. She's just aware of the fact that we are losing our animals. And I haven't seen Hayden do a single trashy thing. Not every celebrity is an attention whore, some are actual good people trying to help the world.
I'm sorry that you feel that animals should die. I'm sorry that you think there is no good person, a real humanitarian, on this earth. I'm sorry that you think we should just watch this catastrophe happen and stand by watching. God bless your soul, and I hope you will one day see that we should be thankful for animals placed on this earth, but not thankful for people like you.
Whales aren't an endangered species. I've seen many walking the streets of the USA. You Americans are all vegetarians which explains your serious obesity problem.
But none of this explains what the hell she's doing in that photo. She's shitting herself??? And I bet O'Barry does all of this just to dress up as a woman,,, dirty old bugger
Re: aneursym – What do you think a cow is, a reptile?
What next, ban fox hunting? Christ!
The name "mahi-mahi" ("strong-strong" in Hawaiian), particularly used on restaurant menus, has been adopted in recent years to avoid confusing these fish with dolphins, which are mammals.
The Japanese kill dophins.
The Americans kills people in the middle east.
Re: Pokey –
that makes absolutely no sense. Culture…another word for how tradition. well, when you learn something new about the world. When scientists discover how severe our situation is in our ocean, YOU FUCKING CHANGE!!! Your totally making excuses about why we should let them hunt Dolphins because we eat cows. Stop eating Dolphins and stop eating cows….you think its ok for us to eat cows because we breed them for food. Thats sick too man…sick!
Yummmmmmmm…
ppl of USA are fuckin stupid blokes..
wut if they eat dolphins u arsewholes…. it's a freee world
stop trying control ppl from all over fuckin idiots… mind ur own businesssssss
Fuck all the hypocrites. Cows are intelligent animals, they scream in the slaughter house for crying out loud. Chickens have sophisticated family structures when left alone to graze the land. Yet you moan when someone eats a dolphin, but will happily eat cow with grease flowing down your chin. What a joke. You are nothing but an arrogant prick if you judge someone for eating dolphin but eat other animals. Fuck off.
Re: screwyou –
So because Hayden is from the US that means that all of us are racist and get in other peoples business….screw you dude. All countries, including the US (which I live in) slaughter animals for food. You think that the animals we eat are well cared for or even healthy. You put nasty dying unhealthy meat into your body and wonder why you walk around acting like an asshole all the time. None of us should do it. Japan or anywhere else. Knowledge is power man. Google search some of the shit we do. All of us… tradition has to change if we want to keep balance on this earth we've been given.
It's no more disgusting than eating any other animal.
However the high mercury levels are disturbing,
just like the high hormone levels in dairy.
Ew.
that's really sad. but really, tradition is what it is.
Personally, I find cows much more adorable than dolphins. Their lovely big brown eyes, those long eyelashes, those big wet nostrils and that big bellowing moo. Dolphins on the other hand look rubbery and slimey, have fish breath and those sounds they make are awfully irritating. They are also very childish. I prefer to eat cows though.
stupid bitch can't find the loo
Wow, she look like MK in that pic. But about the article…who cares!
#26 - tesla says – reply to this
the problem is certainly not a cultural one. the problem is that dolphins (like octopi) are highly intelligent mammals
Uhm, tesla. Octopi are not mammals. Someone needed to tell you.
Re: awful –
its atomic bomb asshole.
I agree with the japanese; who are we to challenge what they eat(Dolphins) when we openly slaughter and eat Chickens, Fish and Cows. I mean how hypocritical can we be, Americans? We have been slaughtering many animals for years, which is one of our traditions, and go back and tell japan that them eating dolphins, which is one of their traditions. I mean how do we, as americans, do we tell someone else to change && I think as long as we do what we do and eat what we eat tell them to change their ways?
SmFh; Americans…
ok i hope you know that dolphin is also a type of fish…
did anyone hear that a month or so ago, an aussie who was protesting against whaling was taken hostage and held on a freakin' whaling ship?!
big news over here in Aus.
:|
japanese are selling whale meat in frickin' market stalls too..
i wish i didn't read the newspaper.
blahh.
there fuckers.
there terrible people….
Re: Arm Pitt – Oh, Shut Up!
I'd eat it.
mmmmm, dolphin.
i love you hayden.
us australian's believe in you, and support you all the way.
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I think that killing animals to satisfy humanity is unfrotunate, but unless it all comes to a stop then I think its ballsy of people to be offended by the killing of dalphins or any other sea animal when animals all over the world are being killed for food clothing and science expirements. what the rabbits, dogs, cats, monkey's, rats, and other animals in this country that are tested for cosmetics drugs, and even house hold cleaning products, never mind the cows, pigs, chickens, and turkeys that are being killed to feed fat American faces everyday!
Culture is culture, yes.
But because it is someone's culture doesn't necessarily mean it's right to torture innocent animals. Just as humans have rights, so do animals.
So go Hayden.
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Re: LovelyOne – Is it OK to torture the guilty animals then? Those must be the ones you & I eat so that's OK as they have no rights.
THAT'S FUCKIN DISGUSTING THOSE FUCKIN CUNTS! I HOPE THEY FUCKIN ROT IN HELL!
that's just SOME japanese people, not all of them! it's like calling out america because some americans eat beef, but not all americans eat beef. stop generalizing people and grow up.
Whales are animals that travel all the way from the northern tip of the Antartica to the arctic. Most of them are in danger of becoming extinct because their sources of food are being over fished and because of hunting. Japanese people have no right to kill whales because whales are animals that are only passing by their waters, they are animals of the world. Imagine if a country in Africa would start killing all the wildebeest on their migration from rainy to rainy areas? The whole savanna would be destroyed. People in other countries have as much right to the whales as Japan.
STFU dolphins are still meat even if they are kinda cute.
ewww….gosh! Dun show us ur boobs.. ewww ur boobs looks like airplanes as in ur boobs are flat and ugly
awww….bitch u should go find urself a bucket coz ur BOOBS are so ugly and they look like airplanes .
SHE CAN RIDE MY DOLPHIN ANYTIME
like they don't eat chicken too??
But I totally agree with Tesla's comment, here's quote:
the problem is certainly not a cultural one. the problem is that dolphins (like octopi) are highly intelligent mammals and they deserve to be treated humanely and with respect. not only does it take them much longer than chickens or cows to create offspring, and they only create one at a time, but their intelligence ranks very high in the world (probably higher than some humans i have met). just as we don't torture and kill chimps (it is illegal), we need to be conscious of the pain that dolphins feel and realize that killing them barbarically is similar to killing our own.
"the problem is certainly not a cultural one. the problem is that dolphins (like octopi) are highly intelligent mammals and they deserve to be treated humanely and with respect. not only does it take them much longer than chickens or cows to create offspring, and they only create one at a time, but their intelligence ranks very high in the world (probably higher than some humans i have met). just as we don't torture and kill chimps (it is illegal), we need to be conscious of the pain that dolphins feel and realize that killing them barbarically is similar to killing our own."
SO BECAUSE THEY ARE SMART, THEY SHOULDN'T BE FOOD? you think deer, cows and pigs don't feel pain? that's the most stupid thing i've ever heard.
i don't get what all these people are like, "gross. yuck. just nasty how can you eat a dolphin? that's just wrong." don't you eat meat and chicken and fish. its the same thing. pigs are very smart animals but some people still eat pork. Just because "we" don't do it here in the Western countries doesn't mean its wrong. you don't see Indians/ Hindu coming to America and standing in the way of cows that are on there way to slaughter. They think its wrong to kill cattle. It might be uncle joe coming back reincarnated. But some eat it. Me I'm a veterinarian and love it. If you really want to get into it its all gross
Re: lilangel1811 – omg u r fuckin retarded! they r cute? wtf. some ppl think that chickens and cows r cute. so mayb we shud stop eating them
Re: so disgusting – haha u kno the funny thing is ur probobly really ugly and ur gna go hav a 18 ounce steak once u get home..fag
and this is why i hate asians.
therye cheap. penny pinching. cruel. disgusting. horrible aborted baby eating nasties!
fuck the asians. i say we bomb them again. that would be fun! would the atomic bomb ultraviolet rays slant their eyes more? because asians are the UGLIEST race aside from those fucking mexican people driving toyota previas on the 101 freeway that i cant stand those fucking illegal aliens!
just so you know I came back from Key Largo and they had Dolphin on their menu.
Re: R. –
yeah real mature, use the dumbest elementary school racist taunts again. DumbassRe: R. –
It is part of their culture people! We have no right to tell other people what we think they should and should not eat!
A large difference here is that cows are domesticated animals whereas dolphins are not, and many species of dolphin are endangered and there is obviously no shortage of cows. I'm also totally against the manner in which cows are treated in American slaughterhouses and think that needs to be stopped, and it would be great if some international pressure was brought down on Americans to encourage us to change our ways. It's not our "culture," we don't have to do it that way. I see nothing wrong with encouraging humane treatment of animals (and humans) in other cultures or with them encouraging us. I'm not even necessarily against the taking of a limited number of dolphins as per cultural tradition, but there are certainly more humane ways to kill dolphins. If anyone has seen the movie "Earthlings" the method of killing used in these towns is truly barbaric.
Re: animallover –
We are carnivores. We have canine teeth. We are meant to eat meat.
Thanks, Perez, for calling attention to this disgusting practice. People need to realize that show dolphins are captured during these massacres, so when people swim with captured dolphins they are indirectly supporting this violence toward dolphins. The irony is that people want to swim with dolphins because they love them. Better to go to Florida and rent a boat and observe dolphins in the wild. Please google Taiji dolphins. Do not take my word on this. Do some research!
Re: angry girl –
go fuck yourself asshole
you racist piece of shit
its our tradition, and we japanese keep tradition unlike you americans
go to japan and see for yourself,
its not just all technology and cities
and we still do lots of things to keep our tradition
wow
think before you talk,
fuckkkkeeerrrr!!!
and we eat dolphins cause we think of them as regular food.
you stupid freak
we think of them just the same as fish and chicken and beef
so why is it so bad to eat dolphin?
you americans slaughter your cows and chickens and pigs worse than us killing dolphins
you guys hang the cows from their feet
and slit their necks and let THEM bleed to death
thank you alot of the people who think the japanese should keep their tradition.
us japanese people,
we keep tradition, youll see for yourself when you go to japan
and YOU people slaughter your cows and chickens and horses and pigs just the same.
why pick on teh jaapnese?
we think dolphin is the same as fish and other meat, understand tht you idiots.
of course we care for animals, wow and whoever said
"oh they eat their own flowers when theyre blooming"
no we dont.
hahahhaha you fucker
dont say something unless youre sure its true
geez go mind your own fucking business
and when you stop your own people from slaughtering cows,
go fight for whatever the fuck you want in japan.
and what they do in slaughterhouses in th u.s is just the same as what we do to the dolphins
wow.
you guys hang your cows upside down from their feet from the ceiling,
and slit their throats until they bleed to death
then you start skinning them
and you cram your chickens into this small room
and someone comes in with an axe and startshitting them with it
and you chop off their beaks
that isnt much different from what we do.
so stop whining about how japanese are so cruel,
just because we eat the cute little things doesnt mean were cruel.
other countries skin dogs alive
I would never personally eat a dolphin, but I think its wrong for someone in another part of the world to tell someone what to eat, thats violating someone else's rights. And for the guy in the article comparing eating a dolphin to a woman's right to vote, are you serious? No animals rights should be equal to that of a humans come on now there are more important things going on in the world. And in response to comment #17 "White peopl" Ive got news for you black people eat hamburgers also, so next time spell check your ass when your going to make a statement.
Re: Will – Hey dumbass, dolphin tuna and dolphin are NOT the same thing. Dolphin tuna is a breed of tuna like blue fin. Don't open your mouth when you don't know what you're talking about. It just shows everyone how stupid you are.
Anyways, who the hell do any of you think you are to tell people in another country halfway around the world what they can and cannot do just because it hurts your feelings! Grow the fuck up.
What the hell!! Its not that the dolphin is 'cute', its that its as smart as a freakin human! They know whats happening when those people are trapping and slaughtering them!
THat's fuckin shit man killing dolphins for like food. Theyr'e manmals like us. That's why we are meant to eat only cows and pork ans stuff ONLY! it says that in the Bible! fuckin Japan & other Chinese countries like that! Korea is another chinese country that eats dogs! the jerks will eat each other next like carrnyvores! no wonder America is like more civilized & educated than shit chinese countries that never learned to be christians. Americans have to stick together to fight these yellow fuckers before they invade us so we should send anothe nucla bomb to the middle east like we did on china during the war & wipe them off the planet!!! AMERICA IS THE BEST COUNTRY ON THE PLANET!!!!!!!! WOOHOOO!!! LEARN THAT INSTEAD OF EATING FISH LIKE WHALES AND DOLPHINS WITH YOU FUCKIN CHOPTICK FORKS AND SOYA BEANS SAUCE@!
Re: NutMeg – I think a pig has a rough idea what's happening when he's thrown on his back and held down, with a huge knife heading towards his throat. He's not squealing and kicking his legs madly out of joy, believing it's playtime.
Dolphins are so cute, why would anyone want to eat them,and I hate people who are cruel to animals.
wow… that is wrong on soo many levels…
but no matter what people say it will not stop them from doing it unless a law prohibits them from doing so!!
WHITE PEOPLE DON'T EAT WHAT THEY FUCK
The reason why white people are against eating cat and dog is
because they love to fuck them and profit from it.
Many animals are raped and sexually abused every year by dirty Europeans.
White people love to watch their bitches fucking animals in beastiality pornos.
White people love watching their women being degraded and sucking
horse dick.
White people are sick,immoral dirty fucks.
BAN BEASTIALITY.
Umm isn't mahi mahi actually dolphin?
this situation has to be viewed in light of humane killing of animals, and conservation, whether the animal is endangered or not…
it is absolutely obnoxious to constantly press our morals, attitudes and such on other cultures. This comes under the heading of our way or the highway.
we are such nervy culture to think our way is the only way!!!
Japanese eat whale.
Chinese eat cat.
Korean eat dog.
French eat rabbit.
Australian eat kangaroo.
so what?
oh yes, we're all happy to eat the easter bunny but no, not flipper
Re: America Rules! –
do some research before you open your mouth.
Pigs are mammals too that are proven to have much more cognitive abilitythan dogs and cats! Just because you have preconcieved notions of what a smart animal is- because you see dolphins jumping through hoops at seaworld doesnt mean that the other animals we call our food aren't any less intellegent,self aware, or pain feeling animals.
Yes there is a problem with over fishing …but that's just it- Americans overfish across the board! So dont get all judgemental yet on the Japanese until you actually have a clear picture of what Americans do! get off your ignorant highhorse.
mmmmmmm dolphin… tasty!
HeY Perez, cool that you're dropping some smart articles on your site man - appreciated…
Publicity is not what this actress wants. For those who can't see past their hating and criticizing, Hayden draws awareness to killing off sea creatures that are protected in most parts of the world. She wants to make a change and all the haters need to wise up. - Thanks Perez for keeping people current.
Re: America Rules! – you are sick,,,I suspect you aren't even American
Not saying it's okay to eat dolphins, but why do we choose to support one animal over another?
Whats the difference? Between a cow and a dolphin? Do you know how intelligent dolphins are? Answer: It is sad that that their intelligence rivals that of human beings.
They remain in the same pod their whole lives.
I won't go on and on, but go over to YOUTUBE and punch in dolphin, Taiji, Japan, killing. I will NEVER forget the images I saw of the slaughter.
Barbaric, unnecessarily violent and cruel. It is sickening.
Thank you for posting this Perez. It is a service to Ric O'Barry and those fighting so hard to save the dolphins and stop the horrific murdering in Taiji, Japan.
Re: EmilyNoNo – Where the fuck is it written that intelligence is the deciding factor when deciding which animal should live & which shouldn't?????????? Either you're an animal Nazi or you just decide with your emotions. If a species is endangered (apparently dolphins are), then we should be arguing to protect it for that reason only. If a rabbit is fair game, then so are dolphins in my opinion if they are considered food. Just kill them all kindly.
As an australian, i completley support Kevin Rudd's decision. Johnny Howard never did anything about it, and i'm glad Kevin has. This topic disgusts Australians, and I believe whaling should be stopped. Thanks for pointing out the issue, Perez!!
Re: Ryan McChicago – #255
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What a sanctimonious asshole !!! So you think when white people are rebuked, it had to come from a black person? Ryan get off your high horse. Don't venture too far from your home or you might find that outside of Western Europe, American white people are held in high contempt.
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When I first read the commenter's reply, I thought it might have been an angry Asian or an adherent of Hinduism, given the context. But not you!
Sanctimonious Twat!
There is no need to call an entire country of people barbarians just because a small population practices dolphin hunting. I'm Japanese and I live japan and most people here would never eat it. Japan isnt the only country that hunts dolphin..it's all over the world. We never complain about the hunting of deer. I understand that there are restrictions to deer hunting, but the majority of japanese people would never kill a dolphin.. no restrictions needed. The Japanese culture is very different from other cultures. Parts of japan are based entirely on tradition, no ifs, ands, or buts. To be quite honest, it's going to be damn hard to convince the more traditional japanese folk (who might i say are stubborn) to change their ways. They have been living this way for longer than you can imagine. And no one would take kindly to some random foreigner coming into the town and bothering them? What would Americans do if a bunch of Japanese people came into a town in America and started photographing them gutting a deer? Or killing a cow? Or what if we came to Australia and protested eating Kangaroo?
haha, I'm really enjoying the ridiculous comments about bombing my country, saying that we'll all die from mercury poisoning, fuck Japan, calling us retards or Japs, or frying up some japanese people guys.
im sure those are the more mature responses, real refreshing to see the American population has completely gotten over the whole racisim thing.
SAVE THE CHICKENS! SAVE THE COWS!
SAVE THE PIGS!!
FUCK THE DUMB UGLY SLIMY WHALES!!
well……lets see, if eating them is cruel then whats ripping them from their natural environment to do tricks until the day they die?….its allperspective really.
i think that when this man is comming from a country that is prefectly pleased to go out, shoot a mother deer dead, hack off its head and hang it on the wall….its a case of the pot calling the kettle black really.
Leave the Japanese villagers alone. People in India consider cows to be sacred but they don't enforce their ways on other countries. It's all about imposing cultural powers. Americanization, anyone?
Re: Monica – i'm pretty sure everyone on here commenting and saying all of the negative stuff are not only american's… also, if a bunch of japanese people came here protesting about a deer you would get the same reaction as in japan. some people would praise you (PETA members) & others would think you were crazy… it's the same everywhere. i don't know why anyone think's any differently and sitting on this board talking shit. everyone does not agree on everything about killing animals for foot, humane, etc., it's that simple.
it rediculous for her to get upset about a small fishermans tradition in rural Japan when she could spend more time fighting for animal's that are being brought to the united states or being bread here simply for hunting. Millionares breed animals like large wild cats in enclosed simulation wilderness so that once a year they can go out and corner these animals and brutally kill them for FUN not even for food.
also…someone mentioned Mahi Mahi being dolphin…but its NOT its a dolphin LIKE fish.
I like Hayden but she seems like a stuck up bitch
WTF??? eat dolphinsss pleasee they are sick! or whaaat!!
eewwww. clown.
Fuck the dolphins! I want some dolphin in my tuna! Whys it ok to kill a tuna, not cute enought for you douche bags? Im all about the plight to save the duck billed platypus!
Fuck flipper! Flipper was delicious on crackers, hippie bitches. If they were so fucking intelligent they'd know to stay the fuck outta japan! The largest fishing market in the world. Retard dolphins!
Let's just kill humans then and eat them if there is no difference between a dolphin, ape, dog, etc. and a chicken and a cow which is livestock. Dolphins, etc. are high on the food chain an are very intelligent AWARE creatures. Sorry, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE! Look at the face of a dog piled up in a cage ready to be killed for food and look at the face of a chicken in a pen ready to be killed for food and you will see the difference. I am for the humane treatment of ALL animals, but THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. Culture doesn't necessarily equal morally right BTW.
Didn't they learn anything after we nuked them?
Didn't they watch Star Trek 4?? These animals are thinking and intelligent. They aren't just "cute"
Asians are messed up. They live in a massive hypocrisy between tradition and modern life.
Moronic ants who can't think for themselves.
These animals need to be protected by these people.
Re: justin – FUCK YOU!!!!!
Re: MEGANSSSSSSSSSSSS – Keep waiting honey! hahaha
we raise cows and chickens to be eaten…we don't find them running in the wild and torture them to death…plus, dolphins are like the third most intelligent mammal in the world. It doesn't feel right to kill something that smart.
maybe we should just nuke those bitches again, maybe we didn't come across strong enough last time. DONT EAT DOLPHINS YOU HETHANS!!…
Re: Pokey – Yes, let them eat THEIR dolphins in THEIR polluted waters. Dont navigate INTERNATIONAL waters for OUR dolphins and whales to slaughter. You sick fucks have probably decimated whole species of aquatic mammals by now.
Fucking no good squinty eyed fucks. "Research" my ass. I say all countries should ban asian "research" vessells in their waters indefintely and be allowed to open fire if seen "conducting research" even remotely close to their borders.
how about everyone just agree not to eat any animals at all, regardless which species! no dolphins, no whales, no cows, no pigs!