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On October 6, 2003, the sea turned red with the blood of dead and dying dolphins, brutally slaughtered with knives by Japanese fisherman in the small fishing village of Taiji.
The dolphin hunts, known as drive fisheries, occur each fall. As the dolphins migrate past, fisherman take boats out into deep water, locating dolphin pods, and blast loud sounds that disrupt the dolphins' sense of sonar which cause them to lose their sense of direction. This enables the fishermen to herd the dolphins into the bay for the slaughter.
Once trapped in the dead-end coves, the dolphins cannot escape and are hacked to death with knives and sickles. Some dolphins are taken alive and put in aquariums and amusement parks – where they suffer a lifetime of misery.
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