I was wrong.

I was wrong. Dolphins did die today.
Im cutting and pasting what one of the volunteers said happened today. His post follows.


This was a particularly grim day in Taiji. A very brave pod of 40 to 50 dolphins fought hard to avoid the Cove and save their lives. It was torturous to watch. They would break for freedom, only to be ensnared again. Finally, they were confined in the Cove and of course the trainer molesters came. They took nine, including some babies, away to the Taiji Whale Museum.
We saw something today we had not seen before: two dolphins were brought out from the Taiji Whale Museum and taken (alive) onto the gutting barge. There was a lot of noise on board the barge as these dolphins flailed about, but they were soon stilled by the gutter’s knife. We can only suspect that these two were unhealthy, troublesome, or no longer needed.
The Taiji dolphin molesters have gotten very creative with their attempts to hide their shameful deeds. They have even altered some tactics. They hurriedly drive spikes into the dolphins’ spine and plug the hole with wood to reduce blood loss. We know that this method often does not kill the dolphins, but leaves them paralyzed and still able to see and hear. We suspected most drowned while being towed by their tails out to the gutting barge. In today’s killing though, many were carried out to the gutting barge under tarps inside skiffs. We saw live dolphins on the gutting barge.
We hear stories that these so-called men are proud of what they do and honor their ancestors who took to small boats to tackle large whales hundreds of years ago. There is no honor in what happens here with dolphins. Perhaps the ancestors too would be ashamed of their descendants for this senseless and wanton slaughter.