Tokyo: Campaigners urged a court in Japan to halt so-killed “drive hunting” of dolphins in the country as part of an unprecedented lawsuit that argues the practice violates Japanese law.
The plaintiffs argued before the court that the hunting method is cruel, and also that the capture of dolphins for sale to aquariums cannot be deemed a traditional cultural practice, said Kyoko Yoshida, who is representing the activists.
The town was thrust into the international spotlight by the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove, which filmed the process of “drive hunting”, whereby fisherman herd dolphins into a cove by beating on boats to disorient them.
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