Taiji dolphin hunt: activists to launch unprecedented legal challenge
by Justin McCurry in Tokyo from Environment | The Guardian on (#49137)
Exclusive: lawsuit in Japan contends that dolphins are wrongly classified as fish and should be protected as mammals
Animal rights activists have launched an unprecedented legal challenge to the slaughter of dolphins in Japan, claiming that fishermen are routinely violating animal welfare laws and exceeding government-set quotas.
The London-based organisation Action for Dolphins and the Japanese NGO Life Investigation Agency on Wednesday submitted evidence they hope will halt the annual dolphin hunts in Taiji, a whaling town on Japan's Pacific coast, the Guardian can reveal.
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