Animal rights group: dolphins face death at Japan cove

Animal rights group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society says more than 200 dolphins captured in Japan’s Taiji Cove will likely be killed, in an annual event marking Taiji’s dolphin hunting season. In a live stream provided by the conservation group, the dolphins, including babies and a rare albino calf, are shown frantically trying to escape nets as fishermen close down on them. Local officials defend the hunting of dolphins as a traditional practice, and accuse the conservation group of using the issue to raise funds and gain attention. The prefectural government sets an annual “catching quota,” with more than 2,000 dolphins and porpoises allowed for the hunt this year.

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