Dolphins in captivity

Stop Futo dolphin drive hunting!

• Immediate Release: As a protest against Ito City Futo district resuming dolphin drive hunting,over 200ganizations from around the world urge UNESCO to cancel the “Izu Peninsula Geopark” designation

Japanese dolphinariums

• Save Honey, Inubosaki Marine Park

Five Japanese NGOs’ Action to WAZA & JAZA

BREAKING NEWS!

• JAZA stops the live capure from the dolphin drives

The Japanese five organizations sent an open letter to Dr. Gerald Dick on 27th March, 2015, offering their cooperation with WAZA and seeking for WAZA’s cooperation as well to work to improve the present situation in Taiji and to stop the drive hunt of dolphins in Japan.

• An Open Letter to WAZA (full)

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SNS EVENT

• Please send your prayers for dolphins during WAZA, JAZA, NGOs meeting in Japan and we welcome messages from everyone in the globe! (Finished)
  Date: 2:00pm Japan time on Sunday, August 10th
  This event is co-hosted by PEACE & Choices for Tomorrow (CFT)

OUR RESEARCH

• List of Dolphin Programs in Japan
  Only members of Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA), March 2014
• CITES export permission from Japan 2012 Jan.-2013 Jun.

PETITION

• Please support Japanese Groups by enforcing WAZA’s Code of Ethics (Closed)
  Special thanks to Fins and Fluke.

HISTORY OF OUR ACTION

• EXTERNAL LINKS

  Posted: 4 Feb. 2014

  • World Association Of Zoos And Aquariums Connected To Taiji Dolphin Hunts
    THE DODO Jan. 28, 2014
  • Op-Ed: WAZA overlooks JAZA members in condemning dolphin drives
    Digital Journal Jan. 25, 2014
  • Japanese groups pressure WAZA to act against dolphin drives
    Digital Journal Jan 18, 2014

• About WAZA’s comment

  Posted: 25 Jun. 2014

  Yesterday, WAZA published this comment:
  WAZA strongly condemns the Taiji dolphin drive hunt

  This is a strong message, but The Taiji Whale Museum is a JAZA member. And JAZA is a WAZA member.
  We will continue to appeal to WAZA.

• 2nd Petition to WAZA

  Posted: 21 Jun. 2014

  We sent a 2nd petition to the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums(WAZA) with “Elsa Nature Conservancy (ELSA)” and “Help Animals” to stop aquariums acquiring dolphins through the drive hunts.

  Full text:
  An Open Letter to WAZA

• We sent a Petition to JAZA and WAZA

  Posted: 27 Dec. 2013

  We three Japanese groups, “Elsa Nature Conservancy (ELSA)”, “Help Animals”, and “PEACE” sent a petition to the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums(JAZA) and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums(WAZA) to stop aquariums acquiring dolphins through the drive hunts.

  Petition to JAZA and WAZA (2013)