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Within each tiny enclosure was once a free-ranging mammal, ruthlessly caught during the town’s notoriously cruel dolphin drive hunts, and selected for a “life” within man-made enclosures. |
All of these dolphins were captured from the wild for the dolphinarium trade.
A meticulous count in collaboration with Japanese NGO Life Investigation Agency (LIA) revealed that 269 dolphins across nine species are being held captive in Taiji's massive captive dolphin inventory as of March 2022, making it one of- if not the- largest captive dolphin collections in the world.
Read more and help spread the word: TAIJI’S MASSIVE CAPTIVE DOLPHIN INVENTORY
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