Hong Kong Airlines has agreed to stop transporting live dolphins after more than 6,500 people signed an online petition demanding a ban.
The airline, which launches all business class flights from the UK next month, had come under sustained public pressure from dolphin lovers, after an internal memo was leaked stating that it had earned £69,000 from transporting five live dolphins from Japan to Vietnam on Jan 16th.
The dolphins are thought to have been from the Japanese town of Taiji, scene of the annual dolphin slaughter depicted in the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove.
This seasons slaughter of dolphins at Taiji is finally over and the Sea Shepherd protestors have done a fantastic job of disrupting things and bringing more world awareness to the problems cetaceans face in the area and the country. The dolphin flesh has been proven to be high in toxins and a danger for any humans to consume.
Over in the US recent dolphin strandings have alarmed researchers who think that a rise in sea temperatures may be to blame. Stranded dolphins, who are most obviously in distress as the weight of their bodies is no longer supported by the ocean , can be senn to calm down appreciably when they are moved close to other dolphins whilst awaiting rescue. Proof once again that these are family groups of sensient beings.
Max
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