In the whaling town of Taiji, about 700 kilometers south of Tokyo, with the aid of dolphin trainers are in a lagoon some particularly beautiful dolphins to aquariums and dolphin in the arias selected from around the world and sold for much money. The remainder will be tapped in a screened neighboring bay. The Dolphinarium booming industry offering only the financial incentive to keep the brutal hunts in Taiji launched, O'Barry complained in an interview with Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. The American was "in the 60's coach of the Dolphins for the TV series" Flipper, since 1970, he fought actively for the worldwide protection of marine mammals.

For up to $ 200,000 (€ 150,000), the Dolphins traded, according to O'Barry. He had heard that the next delivery is to go to Germany to dolphins, the dolphin conservationists said on the day before his departure for Taiji. He invited the World Association of Zoos and Aquaria (Waza), based in Bern, Switzerland, to oversee the member organizations and to prevent them to participate in the trade with the savage in the hunt in Taiji trapped animals. Without this demand, the hunt would collapse.

Wir sollten diese schönen Tiere im Meer allein lassen und sie nicht töten. Wenn ich gehe angelnd, erreichen sie das Boot für das Essen. Natürlich bekommen sie immer einige!

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