How are people treating dolphin friends?

What has man been doing dolphin - the most peaceful creature on the planet - this?

Dolphins are probably a creature that is so familiar to everyone around the world. Ordinary people see them through television, pictures, the Internet. People with more conditions are allowed to watch and play with dolphins in the aquarium. This creature is precious and loved, simply because it is one of the most gentle and friendly animals on the planet, it has a really easy appearance on people's hearts.

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Dolphins are the most peaceful creature on the planet.

For the coastal people, especially the fishermen - who often have offshore fishing trips, dolphins seem to be familiar friends. They are very curious animals, so they often " hang around" playing in front of the bow, and the cute scene below is not too difficult to catch.

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They have great intelligence and are very close to people.

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Dolphins are excellent lifeguards at sea.

Dolphins are also known for their excellent intelligence, and are very close to humans. You've probably heard stories like " dolphins save drowners ," " dolphins protect people from shark attacks. " . Even when boats get lost, sailors use dolphins. as a sign of the mainland.

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Take each other away .

Dolphins in addition to the wild nature, are a symbol of freedom, innocence and carefree. But.

In some cultures, people eat dolphin meat . This seems to be nothing to blame because it depends on culture and belief after all. However, you may have to think again when looking at the following images.

That's when people organize festivals just to hunt dolphins. Can take a typical example in Taiji town, Japan. Every year, the people of this town make the world public shocked and angry, when sending thousands of dolphins after only one hunting season.

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Thousands of dolphins are driven into a closed cove.

Fishermen will set sail, using fish net to fly fish into a closed bay.

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The fishermen use tuberculosis, impale the spine of the dolphin .

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Then drag each child onto the boat.

Some dolphins have a nice, beautiful appearance that will be kept and sold to aquariums around the world, or to pet collectors for between 80,000 and 100,000 USD (over 2.2 billion VND). And the less fortunate individuals are cut flesh on the spot to sell to markets that serve people.

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The scene killed the dolphins in a cruel way.

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Dolphins are cut meat and brought to the seafood market.

According to Hardy Jones, the producer of the documentary " The Cove, " about an Oscar-winning dolphin hunt in 2009, said: " Every hunting season, hundreds, and thousands of individual creatures smart, gentle has gone in a more devastating way, regardless of male, female, or young ".

Despite warnings about mercury residues in dolphin meat, people continue to slaughter them for great profits .

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Sea dyed with dolphins in Taiji town.

However, the dolphin hunt festival in Taiji is just a typical example, and the Japanese government has issued a law limiting the number of dolphins that are hunted every festive season. As noted, in 2014 the number of slaughtered dolphins only fell to 800, a relatively low number compared to 2000 in 2003.

But in many parts of the world, dolphin hunts continue, even at a much bigger scale.

In Peru, the law prohibits the hunting and consumption of dolphins, but this seems to have no effect. And what purpose do people hunt for dolphins for? To . be a shark bait.

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Dolphin blood is watered into the sea to lure sharks.

We used to know how sharks are hunted for micro-fish soup - the most expensive soup on the planet. And to get this expensive material, humans cut innocent dolphins to lure sharks into traps. According to animal activists, this illegal act kills up to 15,000 dolphins each year.

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Not only sharks, but dolphins are also slaughtered to get the most expensive soup on the planet.

Human behavior is gradually pushing this innocent and carefree creature into a dangerous situation.

According to statistics from the International Animal Conservation Organization, some current dolphin species are only counted in the hundreds, just as in the case of Indus dolphin dolphins in Pakistan - estimated only 600 children. Some other dolphins, although not in a state of danger, but with the speed of human destruction, sooner or later, this animal will fall into extinction .