Guest guest Posted September 4, 2002 Report Share Posted September 4, 2002 ******Please forward this message****** A former dolphin hunter is planning dolphin watching tours at Futo in Izu Peninsula, where some 70 dolphins were brutally slaughtered three years ago. This fisherman, Mr. Ishii has been convinced that there's a better future for the local community with dolphin watching than with dolphin hunting. And his announcement of the planned tours, which was made during this year's IWC conference, was applauded by environment and animal protection groups and activists around the world. But, the Japanese government, which controls dolphin hunting, has given fishermen in Izu and elsewhre in Shizuoka permission to catch up to 600 dolphins in fiscal 2002. And, despite the international uproar against atrocious dolphin hunting, the local fishermen are planning the hunt claiming they will kill dolphins humanely this time. The major industry to the local people is not dolphin hunting but tourism and to continue the capture and slaughter of dolphins will hurt this business, which a lot of local people live on. Please send your comment to the below (faxes are referable since they hate to receive them) and urge them to cancel the dolphin drive fishery at Futo and encourage them to promote dolphin watching. Thank you in advance for your help. Masako on behalf of dolphins in Japan ---------------------- Futo Branch of The Ito City Fishing Cooperative E-mail:futo Fax:+81-557-51-1139 Ito City Fishing Cooperative E-mail:ito Fax:+81-557-35-0756 Shizuoka Prefecture, Fisheries Section E-mail:nousei Fax:+81-54-221-3288 The Fisheries Agency E-mail:webmaster Fax:+81-3-3502-0794 Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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