Inside Japan’s Global Dolphin Trade
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- In Taiji, Japan, the dolphin hunting industry has shifted from killing dolphins for their meat to a more lucrative, but equally controversial industry-the capture of live animals for overseas "dolphin shows."
In this video, VICE World News travels to the town made infamous in the Oscar-winning documentary “The Cove” with Ren Yabuki, the director of Life Investigation Agency, a Japanese animal rights NGO and the only group tasked with monitoring this year’s dolphin hunts.
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Norway' being one of the top whale hunting countries should be the next video.
I don't support Japanese whaling, but Norway consistently kills more whales annually, and you never hear about it.
Hehhe jes, Norwegian soiboi here, just ate whale meat last week, delicioso🥰🐋❤️
@@thomasakselsen6031 That’s vile.
@@sethmorgenroth6784 Why? It would be like eating any other meat.
Why can’t we kill whales but we can kill cows what’s the different
Humans will always be inhumane at their own convenience.
Sadly yes.
i would say at they're own survival more than convenience, most people would rather not kill if they had an option but the threat of survival always overpowers everything for life.
@@jasonolinger6967 "they"? are you saying you're not human?
I would say be humane at their own convenience, but you’re right 👍🏾
@@cecilharris1196 that's what they literally said
22:28 “Please forgive me for taking your life in order to survive”
Pufferfish hanging from the ceiling : 👁👄👁
Every shop needs some good decorations to survive
Gold.
@@pluto8404 Ah yes, the ol' inflated dried pufferfish. Those things were ubiquitous when I was a kid.
フグじゃなくて、ハリセンボンっていうんやで(コソッ
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There are Five Mass Extinction in the world
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@@joshstamps6718 ok
I dont think there should be any wild animals in captivity unless it's an endangered species and we trying to save it
I don't know, I think that it should be done on a individual level, if an animal doesn't take to captivity, or a species doesn't have a sustainable way of staying in captivity then no, but if you can keep them without hurting them it can be a good thing. Hurt includes stressing the animal permanently.
After the ownership of other humans was outlawed, zoos came next
Congratulation! Norway,Sweden and Korea are doing same things!! What do you think of?
@@Righteousone18 ah yes we used to go to plantations to observe the slaves, not work them to death. Slavery is a tad different bud.
@@takumi8608 no need to be a grass
This is where we need to grow up and find a better way. We ate not without, but we are taking more away from our world.
@evil first soooooo true!
@evil first ; You’re hurting innocent animals ? Bludgeoned to death ?? For a burger ??? Five minute burger or fish... ????
Animals life gone, for good ??? You don’t do with your cute little dog 🐶. Or a parakeet 🤗🦜...
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@@VeganV5912 👈someone needs attention
NOT "WE" - just Japan itself being a cancer on planet Earth.
Those beings would literally save your life if they were to see you struggling to stay above water. They literally value life more than we do
Cows can also save your life you know. There's no difference
@evil first well they helped keep the population down so, thanks bats ;^)
Lol oh really
@@dankmemes3153 Big difference, a cows not going to stop a shark biting your limbs off....Sharks taste test you first you know lol...
@evil first ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
It’s just traditional food culture ignore idiots and continue what we should do as Japanese
Is he supervising even now? Absolutely not he is moving by financial assistance from environment protection group
Blah blah blah, muh culture.
People here are literally saying about killing all Japanese because of a small town which has population of less than 6000.
Are they going to say same thing about Canadians or it's just because Japan is Asian?
でしょう
there are alot of chinese and koreans in comments saying that stuff, also yeah it's cause their asian, I never hear about Norway whale-killings.
@@junior1497 that's what I said.
Even though this practice is still ongoing, attitudes are changing. Very few young people in Japan eat dolphin or whale meat anymore, although dolphin shows are still popular. Like many social issues here, progress is achieved when the old die out and younger people take power.
Yes a lot of older people in Japan still eat dolphin and whale but it an traditional dishes in rare occasions but this day of era not of young people will not eat this.
@TheCrazyKid138l don't hurt the dolphins 😡
@Jo No, a problem definitely does exist and it *is* that old people have too much power, and that many Japanese are resistant to progress and change. That's something I'd like to see resolved but it's undeniably a deeply ingrained problem within Japanese culture.
Things like cows, pigs and chickens and other livestock were domesticated over potentially dozens of generations over hundred- thousands of years of study and breeding. Unlike dolphins we have the techniques and data to prove cause and effect of our lifestyle choices should you choose to eat these kinds of meat.
Donkey, and horses could also be harvested as a food source but generally aren’t as those were more to assist in difficult manual labor and transportation.
And cats and dogs were more domesticated for companionship, status and aids in religion or hunting.
@@BennTenn100
Dolphins are know for their intricate social lives to their intelligence. They demonstrate self-awareness, problem-solving, and empathy, innovation, teaching skills, grief, joy and playfulness. They are said to one of the most alive and aware living creatures after apes. They shouldn't be an dish on any menu its cruel and inhumane.
I’m not defending dolphin eating culture.
But not long ago, we kill human by the millions. Even at this ago, we still kill each other directly by the hundreds.
Self aware.... so are pigs ... think about that
@@JazzyJADAxxx and cows, chicken etc
They are a species with schism as well. Stalking, killing & so on. When the perverse encounter one another not in solitude & sobered it is often fatal.
Why don't you deal with factory farming before you give a crap about something that has been going on for 400 years?
Dolphins have such a long history of saving humans. The dolphin hunt is nothing short of an international crime.
????????????? What millions of human savings have I not read about?
@@Mell0wY3ll0w not millions lmao...but there have been cases of dolphins saving swimmers from shark attacks
@@Justinn964 sharks aren’t that bad
They also have a long history of raping people and usually they save people because they fucking hate sharks.
Want to piss off a dolphin just mention a shark.
@@alexanrustler2611 sharks their skin is made out of some material that if you try to pet them, the friction between your hand and their skin will hurt your hand.
"The dolphins in Taiji always had enough space, so I never felt sorry for them."
Oh really, did they have the entire ocean? Then it wasn't enough space....
So do You need access to the entire world or u dont have enough space?
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@@realwick2680 I have access to the entire world? Planes, trains, cars... I'm a free person. Unless I were to be placed in jail, in which case if I didn't commit a crime I would be outraged... Do you want access to the whole world or are you happy to spend your life in jail without committing any crime?
But dolphin doesn't need money and passport to travel the world
@@ZedGames shup Up weirdo
they could flip their dolphin/whale trade into a tourist haven for sightseeing them or for research... plus its a beautiful town
probably won’t even be half has profitable unfortunately and that’s what ppl want :/
@@vincentzhou1111 don't underestimate the dolphin lovers and whale watchers out there, it's a pretty large group lol
白人共の傲慢さには呆れる🤦♂️
@@vincentzhou1111 Florida literally has boats that people buy tickets to go see Dolphins in the ocean?
You're a fuckin idiot
I remember watching “the cove” back in high school when this was brought to light for the first time.that documentary is crazy.
so sad.
Amazing yet heartbreaking documentary, I’m glad they’re bringing awareness to these issues and educating people.
Me as well
That documentary added the colour to look more shocking. and the killing method was changed from the cove. Im against the hunt, tho.
It’s hard to watch this & have any kind of hope for the human race & what it will eventually end up doing to this planet.
We are well on our way, its already a comparative wastland to what we had just 200 years ago.
@OMEGALUL Clap it's not capitalism nor it's the communism it's the human who dose it
@OMEGALUL Clap take your ass to Cuba and see how people treat animals there!!!
Amen!
Eat no meat.
This is such a tragedy, but stop eating dolphin meat and they wouldn't need to kill dolphins anymore.
Supply and demand, folks. Supply and demand.
Tell that to the japanese these folk eat most things illegal to eat in the ocean.
Get outta here RACIST.....hating on Asian culture is WRONG. You must be a white man
@@YouMockMe Racist are japanese a diffrent race now? Curb your hypocracy whould ya. The japanese are the amongst the biggest consumers of dolphin, sea turtle, whale and shark amongst many other endangered or borderline such foods they eat.
Calling a spade a spade isnt racism you bloody idiot
It’s not really a demand for dolphin meat that drives this. It’s the dolphin shows in aquariums around the world. That’s where the true profit is.
Go vegan!
日本人ですが一概に文化を否定する理由が理解できません
物事を多角的に捉えることが出来ずとても愚かに見える
Bro you hear stories of dolphins helping people out in the seas and oceans and look at what we do to them. This sucks, man.
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Dolphins are very intelligent. I think they know what's happening. Just so sad.
No, we know whats happening.
You keep thinking with that big brain.
@Daan Made in Holland They're not as intelligent but they still do. Still doesn't justify the cruelty committed against dolphins especially considering they have intelligence rivaling great apes and perhaps surpassing in some fields such as social intelligence.
Congratulation! Norway,Sweden and Korea are doing same things!! What do you think of?
@@takumi8608 exactly.....if its eat your culture and history to eat whales and dolphins ok no problem but when start over fishing them then its huge problem
Ok but that thumbnail... I thought it's a real dolphin for a moment
Yo or that chicks shirt
Leave them alone!
I mean dolphins, not Japans.
@@user-td3tq7vx3i lmao. Japans? 😄
@@alexandredasilva8797 sorry for my bed england
@@user-td3tq7vx3i didn't you watch the video , foreigners must understand that unlike other Japanese people are okay with dolphin meat just like others in the world massacare cows for that , the difference is nothing but it's just that that town has lot of dolphins and less cows
@@user-td3tq7vx3i xdxd i use phrase "learn england" much but bed england? ahah)
People who eat chicken, beef, pork, lamb ... etc. Please consider cutting-down or completely stopping eating meat. Because your meat-choice is not "Documentary worthy", doesn't mean that the animals you eat on a daily basis do not suffer. Please don't be a hypocrite. Practice what you preach.
"What goes around comes back around". If we can't make justice for this creatures, nature some day will!
True man
We are what's coming around. Finally justice for all dolphin victims and there's an ocean full of em.
That thumbnail scares me bruh
@Brendan Moriarty yea it's a real dolphin😂😂😂😉
It's fuzzy.... It's not real
Its an art piece...look closer. Yeah fake eye and fuzzy...its protest art.
its from cucked protestors, stuffed non-binary dolphin
@evil first oh yah, bat lives matter
When I was at minute 2 I said "oh no, 37 minutes? that's too long", it wasn't. It went by so damn quickly. Thank you for doing these kind of small documentaries, they can really make the difference.
The this video/doc make me feel sick. :(
Americans eating McDonald’s makes me sick
@@ZacharyGriffin1990 humans eating the flesh of other animals unnecessarily turns me stomach
@@ZacharyGriffin1990 Yep... But something tells me you do the same
@@sabjee1734 Something tells me you have a bigmac in your hand right now
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"Oh no, live capture is bad, especially if the money is going towards education and the public good. This is because it may reduce the population of dolphins for my friends to eat." - Paraphrased. Also he said that it is the same as killing a cow... dolphins have language, they can use tools etc. Cows, bless them, are cows.
Exactly what I was thinkin. I was like cows are well bless them just cows. Dolphins are one if the smartest water animals we have
Also here are the other reasons ( apart from the fact we farm cows, they are actually very aware creatures too - they love touch, music and are more intelligent than we realised - but not like cetaceans)
1. Their meat is highly toxic from all the pollutants we have dumped in the sea.
2. 90% of large fish stocks are gone. If we don't stop taking so much from the oceans they will be devoid of life within 30-50 years. Dolphins and whales (and sharks) - which maintain ecosystems as apex predators are subject to pollution, bycatch, entrapment in fishing gear, boat strikes and heavy metal toxicity, loss of habitat and lack of food sources.(pollution/overfishing)
3. Another MASSIVE reason not to take them - we don't farm them like domestic stock to ensure massive supply - further we can't they do not do well in captivity BECAUSE of their intelligence and habitats. Humans (as an aside) are actually not designed to eat large amounts of meat ( shown in 500+ research ) - hence cooking and flavouring etc
4. This is all due to $$$ from cruel captivity and they just kill rejects- so destructive to creatures that have a third lobe to their brains that gives them a better social sense and relationship awareness/compassion than humans have - a major reason to leave them alone.
Eventually, we will be able to communicate with them and realise what a massive crime we have committed. That's if any are left.🐬
@CheesyChicken4LiFe Chickens eat chicken eat chicken eat chicken.
Dolphins are loving and interactive. And far too active for captivity
I really hope in a near future we'll watch animal slaughtery like we see slavery today
Dolphins are actually evil though
@@monotard2745 Are they humans? No right? So stop looking them through human lens, they are intelligent yes but they have no concept of what is evil and what is not. They are animals and that's what free animals in nature do. I can't believe I have to lecture such common sense to a grown up person.
@@ekanshgupta2421 if they have no concept of a what is evil they should have no problem with being hunted I’m also not an adult
@@monotard2745 small children also have no knowledge what is wrong and right so they shouldn't also have any problem being sexually assaulted or beaten.
@@ekanshgupta2421 no children do know what is wrong or Right
This is how the dolphins are gonna attack us
another simpsons prediction that's gonna come true.. lol
@@dickymcbutts7585 well, since dolphins are smart, the only ones who get attacked its these japanese fisherman
@Dani El Mendoza idk where u got that from but tell them to give your money back
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I m back to watch Vice again after long time.
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Vice news has great videos. Vice main channel isn't as good
@@hebjdhdhdbbshshshshs9119 Taji is only thing keeping them afloat tbh
Vice is still left-wing.
*This is cruel just like non-stun halal/kosher meat.* All western countries should make pre-cut stunning mandatory for all livestock animals raised for meat so they are unconscious before slaughter with *NO religious exemptions for Islamic Halal Jewish Kosher* . This is already a mandatory law in several western countries like Australia, Switzerland, Norway and New Zealand.~
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As you might expect, a huge body of literature demonstrates that animals feel pain at the moment of slaughter and evidence suggests that it can take up to 14 seconds for sheep to become insensible following the severing of the carotid arteries. For cattle, it can take up to 85 seconds. To do that to an animal that is fully conscious is unspeakably cruel.
Thank You for you info and time .
Here's a little googly question for you my dude-
Would you be just as cool about it if a comatose human was "pre-cut stunned" and then chopped up for your dinner? (Another bonus is it saves tax dollars, and in turn, lives of other people, instead of being spent on a vegetative human)
Since your emphasis is on "removing pain from the equation". And not on "doing non consensual things to other, experiencing minds". Also, if you do have a theory on why humans are exempt from being on the menu (aka treated like things that become your treat), why they are a cut apart (hehe), I'd love to know about it.
@@DeusExHomeboy Can only kill and eat things that can't pay taxes.
@@SpaceRanger187 Flew right over the point. Isn't it more like you can't eat anything that pays taxes?
@Yoo Wat Lol dude the point's the same with slavery. Job's not done just because you've freed 80% of the slaves. A serial killer doesn't become moral just because there's other, much much worse serial killers around. Pointing to the most extreme version of habits just like yours doesn't automatically justify anything on any side.
You know that a serious crime is being committed when the police turn up and try to prevent people from filming it.
The most effective way to stop this is for people to not eat them or go to aquariums. It’s up to people to ultimately MAKE A CHANGE to save the dolphins.
Or send a global military on them. I’m sure the Naval academies of the world would love to join
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What a barbaric practice.
I’m going to quote Bob Ross here,” Once the critters go, you know who’s next.”
Idk man, most of the world does the same kind of thing, often in worse ways. With a smile.
Save the dolphins..eats a hamburger from a cow that was killed with a hammer..y'all are funny
@@DeusExHomeboy They wouldn’t know, most of them think chicken breasts are grown from supermarkets.
@@DeusExHomeboy i dont endorse animal cruelty in any fashion even farms should be ethical it’s the circle of life but it doesn’t have to be inherently inhumane
Capturing them to be slaves for aquarium and shows more barbaric than killing them for food. You just have an emotional attachment to food.
他国の文化に文句をつける奴らの多さにびっくりする。そんなんだから戦争が起きるんだよ。
I remember watching the cove in school one fact that always baffled me was the selling of the meat to market. Which was often marketed as other fish and contained extremely high levels of mercury
GOOD! Their children deserve mercury poisoning!
That man said "In Japan, our culture demands that we respect the lives we take to eat. Please forgive me for taking your life in order to survive." I can understand that and respect that. When you capture and sell the dolphins to other countries like China or the USA from anywhere between 4--80,000 dollars each. I ABSOULTLY DO NOT RESPECT THAT! Quit acting like you're treating the animals with respect when you are clearly not.
Come on really dolphins are friendly and helped out humans leave them alone we need to stop this ASAP
Now that's the vice I love, true journalism
You love RACISM ..... stop bashing Asian culture and traditions!!!!
@@YouMockMe shut the hell up. Even here there are those that protect seals and animals that undergo brutality. It’s up to us to protect dolphins and others animals
@YouMockMe did you just imply killing animals on an unethical scale is Asian culture? Lol
@@otlatoca4004 Your culture does it to cows, pigs, and chickens. ......I'm guessing you're a democrat/hypocrite.
This is _not_ "true journalism" because it is highly biased. Did you even know that Japan isn't the only country out there who slaughters dolphins? Norway and Denmark does this too, for example. So why do they have to pick on Japan only for this? It's so wrong. Why not shame EVERYONE who slaughters dolphins, not just one country?
For thousands of years, Arctic people have depended on whale meat. In Alaska now, the meat is harvested from legal, non-commercial hunts that occur twice a year in the spring and autumn. The meat is stored and eaten throughout the winter. Coastal Alaska Natives divided their catch into 10 sections. The fatty tail, considered to be the best part, went to the captain of the conquering vessel, while the less-desired sections were given to his crew and others that assisted with the kill. The skin and blubber (muktuk) taken from the bowfin, beluga, or narwhal is also valued, and is eaten raw or cooked.
@A B You don't, but not everyone can do that
@A B north slope of alaska isn't exactly chock full of grocery stores, what stores they have have high prices, and fresh produce is nearly non existent thanks to isolation.
@A B yea but there's alot of issues with poultry production in places like America, some of the most unhygienic, dangerous conditions. The people of the Faroe Islands argue that whale hunting is a far better option because of the nutritious benefits, the fact that these whales have lived long lives, hunting only happens maybe 1-2 a year, if anything cows and chickens are slaughtered in a way worse way, it is a sustainable food source.
It's habits they can't get over, disguised as "tradition/culture". People love to exaggerate and "elevate" their petty behaviors. It's like deliberately living on an island made of only rocks, and populated only with male crabs, and little babies. Given long enough, you'll end up eating the little babies, and maybe even make a culture or tradition out of it to feel better, a story to blur reality just enough.
Im Alaska and the northern Canadian provinces it is essential for the locals to hunt seals and whales etc as there is little access to other food sources...the Japan case sounds less necessary tbh
This just hit me hard in my gut!!
Hate it; from the bottom of my heart and soul!!
They're very "creative" with the translations here. For instance, at 15:04 - the sign does NOT say "Whale Restaurant", its a Jazz bar that says the name of the restaurant "Yoko", and "Coffee and Snacks" and "su" for "smoking"
True about the difference in slaughtering of cows and dolphins outrage. Solution: stop eating cow and dolphin.
🐬 “For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much-the wheel, New York, wars and so on-whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man-for precisely the same reasons.” 🐬
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
So long, and thanks for all the fish!
Thanks for the original quote
Same exact dolphin slaughter happens as a holiday in the Faroe Islands every single year.
Bruh
Yes western media do not report Norway
@@takumi8608 cause they’re white, whites protect whites that’s how they are
The minister is right on calling people out on their hypocrisy, why is cow slaughter okay but not dolphins, even they exhibit empathy, love and other qualities.
It’s even more hypocritical that a lot of people in comment section have no problem wishing people die
Because dolphins arent bloody cattle. They are highly wild and at that one of the most intellegent animals there is.
@@Zretgul_timerunner agreed it's somewhat silly you're saying a cow is the same as the dolphin when the Cow hasn't passed the mirror test and hasn't shown many of the high level functions dolphins can perform
Because a cow doesn't know that it is a cow. A dolphin knows that it is a dolphin. It is self aware. It is wrong to eat anything that can look in a mirror and recognize itself.
@@indigogoigorgo7992 Pigs can recognize themselves in the mirror
People in Japan will see this as Racism against asians. Few years back a australian probably from sea shepard burned many fishing boats in whaling town after this next year more people joined for whaling.
If you want to stop whaling or abuse of dolphins then all others countries should stop doing this otherwise Japanese wont even think of it as a issue and is there a difference as whaling is also done in alaska and its pilot whales one of endangered species or killing of polar bears by canada.
The truth is you are correct that the native Alaskan is allowed a exception. Do you know why? Because the people that are indigenous to that area above the arctic circle suffer from a vitamin D deficiency and can die without a source. There is one settlement that is allowed one whale per year. They don't feast, they make jersey from the meat, and preserve the blubber for use year round. There aren't any grocery stores that far up in the wild, so they have to make what they have last. The whale that is harvested that year is prayed over and thanked for its sacrifice. I would say that death is death, and if you killed me I wouldn't give 2 shits if you thanked me or prayed over my body, but if I were a whale and I had to choose where to die, I would rather pick the more peaceful setting. They know what's going on when they see their family and friends murdered before their eyes, that must be a terrible way to go.
I just went watch this documentary on Japanese Vice but their comments are totally different from here. I just scrolled the comments and almost 100% comments are with Taiji and criticizing the hypocrisy of “the westerners “ saying that they eat animals (beef, pork, etc) as well or we should respect their local food culture or etc etc.
It’s really interesting to see how different peoples opinions are based on the platform they are in.
Sadly the wEsTeRnErs DiD wOrST mindset doesn't only applies to the Japanese. The amount of weeb that religiously defend Japan is insane.
Weebs willing to overlooked Japan bad sides such as sexual harassment issues, war crimes, suicide rate because according to them wEsTeRnErs DiD wOrST so it's ok if Japan did it.
the city council guy is so based, I agree with him 100%
No wayyyy you used based unironically, cringe
@@dirkadirkamohammedjihad5358 here's a guy with a superiority complex
@@dirkadirkamohammedjihad5358 lmfao now that's cringe
Cows were domesticated over hundred of years though. Japan has its own specialized breed of cow that makes up for one of the most expensive beef types in the world, Kobe beef. Japan didn’t start exporting its own cows out into international markets for breeding or consumption until 2012. Its more with newer generations in Japan they want more stable or sustainable forms of proteins and amino acids.
Norway and Korea also have declines in dolphin hunting as well for similar reasons.
Most average everyday animal rights activists are indeed vegetarian or vegan so they consume no livestock.
Over the last 10 years, imports of avocados from Mexico or Peru has actually been an excellent substitute for omega 3, and other amino acids so things are changing drastically.
P.S: Dolphins are capable of eating jellyfish, smaller sea urchins and are one of the sharks only natural rival for territories. So they save your life or save you pain more than you think
@@sakuraryuji01 the most realist I see in the comments.🙃🙃🙃
I'm not vegan or anything, so I won't pretend that I don't have some ethical/philosophical holes in what I'm about to say but: *this is sick and Japan needs to stop. More mainstream meats should be enough especially when considering the intelligence of water mammals. Its like eating a person.* There are just some meats that are way more wrong and pointless.
Again, I know, not the most consistent world view (at least until i go vegan or something) but still. There's no need for anyone on earth to eat certain meats like dolphin and whale etc. Its just wrong and pointless.
Whoever said dolphin life was more precious than a pig's life or a chicken's life.
Not just Asians, humans in general. If you still eat animal products you’re a hypocrite for pointing that out.
I understand your POV, but as soon as you get into using "more/less intelligent" as a metric/grading system for what to kill for food (not survival) and what to spare, you land on a morally slippery slope. A "person" is just a story you've come to believe, but there is nothing unique to humanity which makes them "exempt from being eaten".
There are "persons" who (for whatever reason) are less intelligent than the average Dolphin, Pig, Cow, Dog, etc., taking that logic a bit further, from your POV, it would be moral to eat the mentally handicapped person.
Intelligence is a bad metric to use. It's not about how intelligent something is. It's about whether it has a mind, and can suffer degraded states of existence.
@@CastleBrookKrew bro im indonesian and i also feel sick not all asian are alike
@@user-xn7jc7ym2j i guess because they are one of the most inteligent animals in the world (top 3 excluding humans), they most likely know that they are being killed, and fear it, same with pigs (which is why i avoid pork tbh).
Animals like chickens and cows although still a life seem to have little to no understanding of what is going on. Obviously that doesn't mean they shouldn't be housed and treated humanely but its somehow better.
South Park already covered this.
Just let them kill Cows and Chickens.
I'm Japanese, and there aren't many people who like to eat dolphin. With such abundant resources, there is no need to eat dolphins.
确实，就像全世界都指责中国人吃狗肉，其实中国只有与越南接壤的部分地区的人会食用，大部分人是不会吃的，而且他们吃的是正规养殖而不是由偷窃而来的
If 200 out of a town of 3400 are "whalers" pretty much someone from every family is involved. Nearly an entire town defending the hunting and sale of toxic meat to the public is disturbing
I get that dolphins are incredibly intelligent and show multiple characteristics that are extremely similar to humans like compassion and complex social behavior but what you guys need to understand is that some of the animals we consume on a daily basis without even thinking about it also share those traits, ultimately it still comes down to what we as a society deem as socially acceptable to consume. Just saying they are cute and intelligent so we shouldn’t eat them isn’t really a solid argument.
So, let's eat all the cute and intelligent animals, since we've been eating some of them, and why not the rest ha?
No, that's not true. The animals that are processed in the United States for food consumption are not self aware. A dolphin is. It is wrong to eat anything that can recognize itself in a mirror.
@@indigogoigorgo7992 A dog can’t pass the mirror test yet we still treat them like a member of our own family, pigs are believed to be one of most intelligent animals, following chimps, dolphins, and elephants but we eat them almost everyday without thinking twice. It’s funny how ppl will always come up with something to justify their own actions while judging others.
@@mastergecko1178 keep your judgment to yourself, I don't eat pigs, it's kinda frowned upon as a vegan. But a pig can not pass the mirror test. I am aware that a dog can not pass either, but I am not recommending eating dogs. I am simply stating that if we have to draw a line somewhere, that's where I would put it.
@@indigogoigorgo7992 Can’t believe a vegan just told me animals that are systematically slaughtered daily in the US aren’t self aware, thought you people would held a little more respect towards nature than that. We’ve barely scratched the surface when it comes to understanding self awareness and consciousness, to say that those animals aren’t self aware when we don’t even know anything about it would be nothing but hubris
If I had gotten my super powers on the 21st I would save them
We can save them by not visiting any zoos or aquariums where they keep them. Then they don't make money. I worked at the Oakland Zoo and seen behind the scenes. It cost alot of money to take care of the animals but they make millions.
For the ocean lovers out there, it is mind blowing to think it’s years after The Cove and they are still doing it with impunity.
American "Don't kill wild animals!"
Japanese "What about deer hunting in America?"
American"....................."
@Kenji Westerners are not obligated to instruct and monitor Japanese people like their mothers. Put on a mask and shut up.
@Kenji 〝Hard on Asian countries and sweet to one's country〟
This Is Why Westerners Aren't Respected.
Don't worry. just next 50 years the USwill be a Spanish-speaking world.
Ric O'Barry really is a badass. He made a documentary called The Cove, in which you can see him interrupting an IWC meeting with footage of the dolphin slaughters in Taiji. It was pretty dope.
If money is involved it will never change.
Yup
this was a really great video, I like all the perspectives shown and hope to see more like in it
Mercury poisoning makes you insane - there are high levels of mercury in the dolphins - the fishermen eat the dolphins - the fishermen go insane - the fishermen kill more dolphins.
I am against whaling, but those who criticize only Japan for this are very shortsighted and stupid. Whaling is also done in Norway, Denmark and Korea. It was only exposed because of Japan's lax security.
You know dolphins are so docile when they literally have the ability to break your bones with one swipe of their tail or they can just bite you but they literally never do when these hunters catch them by hand and the dolphins just let you do it, I hope one day to see dolphins whip their tails and bite these damns hunters.
Today's Japanese, of course, do not eat dolphins. Traditions that are rarely eaten in some areas still remain. Dolphin shows can be seen at some aquariums in Japan.
then why do they kill whales and dolphins if people dont consume it? I could totally understand if it were an indiginous tribe somewhere in the North Arctic that needs to hunt whale for oil in the blubber and food etc, but Japan doesnt need to.
@@paddington1670 rich people who eat it b/c they want to feel wealthier and exotic.
The whole world can see Japanese poaching and human trafficking.
@@paddington1670 I think so too. There is no need to use dolphins for meat. However, many Japanese have a mystery that is not regulated. Should change, but the government doesn't work
@@seriousblack5018 Well, I want you to become a big public opinion and be regulated as soon as possible. It is made up of the traditional local industry of this small fishing village. Tradition and prejudice are different.
This older Asian man clearly demonstrates wisdom doesn’t come with age. There is absolutely zero parallel comparing cows to wild dolphins. Just him twisting facts to fit his narrative to justify his culture of slaughtering wild marine life, at free will and zero regulation.
People don’t realize that fish, and marine life are a resource. China and Japan have hundreds of thousands of commercial fishing boat’s depleting sea life, across the globe at astronomical numbers. They give zero fucks about the future or other countries, ignoring international laws and doing what they want at free will.
It’s a shame and needs more attention
China is a real problem for pretty much all sealife. They will take what's theirs and yours too. Unfortunately it goes back to "the great leap forward" the starvation was so severe that today they still greet each other with the phrase have you eaten? Here in America they have raped the coast of California with their buckets, hundreds of them at a time, taking far more than the daily personal limit allows. They don't care. The starfish population there may never recover, why? Can you even eat starfish? It's beyond monstrous to harvest so much wildlife just for it to just spoil, they don't take so much because they are hungry or have many family members to feed. They take so much because it is there. What a waste, what a shame.
The fishing fleets are getting more brazen too, they turn off their g.p.s. so their location can't be detected, while their trip manifest indicates that they are near iceland. They are not in Iceland my friend, they have been net and trap fishing in protected water around the Galapgos Islands. They don't care. China has been threatened with fines and has had many boats with cargo seized, to bad its too late for the literally TONS of sealife in their cargo holds. How do they respond? More boats than the year before.
Google Chinese fishing fleets, the images alone are enough to make you sick, if not then try reading one of the articles, the numbers will bring tears to your eyes.
In today's day and age they can't Claim hunger as a excuse any longer, they know what they are doing is wrong, they know that we have demanded for it to stop but they don't care. The only way to put a end to the large fleets is to fire upon them and let the boat sink. This has been done a few times in the past, but the crew have been rescued. I say don't rescue the crew, let them tread water, film it, send the footage with the DEMAND that they cease and desist, otherwise this will happen from now on. They will get the message. Either the people in charge will change their illegal practices or the fishermen themselves will conclude that the risk isn't worth it anymore. We have to put our foot down, or there won't be anything left in the oceans. I'm afraid that the risk of losing their boats and possibly their lives just won't be enough stop them.
"I'm not filming anything illegal."
Police: "But you might film something illegal."
So like... do your job?
My exact thought lmao
In Japan, they have really strict filming laws. You would have to blur out everyone's fact if you don't have permission. Since he is was live streaming, there is not a way for him to blur out people's face before the publication of the footages, which make it illegal filming if he show the fisherman in the live stream. This is just bad translation or play on words .
Why its ok to kill a cow but not a dolphin? Because you dont have to chase a cow into a bay and torture it while it slowly dies a bloody death, but you kill it quickly and painlessly - its called animal protection laws.
The average dolphin has a higher EQ than 90% of people.
I remember my therapist told me about this year's ago so hard to believe that this is true
Hard to believe humans are getting justice for the countless victims of dolphins?
@@allmoneyin1370 😂😂😂
@@1999tenorio yours president is a hologram fool
@@abran-el what are you talking about? all i did was laugh at someone else's post.
this pissed me off even though I eat meat leave the poor dolphins alone
Meat industry is even worse
@@stalinjustafellowrussianco7440 Cause they are cute lol!
Hypocrisy at its best
何でイルカを食べて非難されるのか分からない。
牛も豚も魚とか、あらゆる動物の命を頂き人間は食べてる
To be fair sir, the reason the world sees slaughtering dolphins vs cows very different is because we can increase the population of cows but dolphins are a finite species. Conservation is required. Ado, dolphins are extremely intelligent. Fear, depression and even suicide are seen in dolphin behavior. So, no, not the same at all.
there are numerous life form that extinct over the the million years since this planet is created and you seems to only focusing on a few species and doesn't care about the rest of it.
HYPOCRISY JUSTIFIED
We kill unborn babies by the millions, yet cry for the dolphins.
You and your special ears only hearing people cry about dolphins and not babies. You should be a superhero or something.
I personally think eating a dolphin is like eating a stray dog.
You better not be eating any pig, cow, chicken, turkey, lamb
These 2 comments above me is stupid
I'd rather eat a chicken and not a bat
I'd rather eat cow and not a dog
I'd rather eat a pig and not dolphins
@@fgip358 I agree. Get your boomer ideas out of here.
@@fgip358 why is it stupid? Becuase it doesn’t apply to your western diet? Racist much?
Well it seems that we may never come to a conclusion, we might as well just eat each other (it's just meat right?). We humans tend associate dolphins with us simply because of their unbelievable intelligence that is why we do not consume over-intelligent animals we're a bit similar.
Damn this is crazy sad to see and I’m a 25 year old man I don’t understand how people are still so stupid and ignorant in 2021! Hope everyone stays safe and keep GOD close to u
Most depend on their government to regulate and in this case make it illegal to even hunt them. The UN needs to step in or the citizens of this world need to asap. These animals are more intelligent than humans. So sad i cant even watch it. We have killed like 75% of sharks in the last 50 years. We have completely destroyed the checks and balances of mother earth.
I’m with u Michael the UN needs to step up
You are 25 and still don't know how to research? Dolphins are evil, please don't ever vote.
@@allmoneyin1370 you the stupid one what do you mean the dolphins are evil?!!!
@@allmoneyin1370 Dumb troll.
Your my hero Ric! I grew up & still live in So. California We were surrounded by marine parks. Sea World to the South & Marine Land a few miles to the North. We grew up going to these parks and loved them. Then many years ago I saw The Cove our Marine park days were *OVER* ur film has changed an entire family tree. Thank you for the education.
Watch Seaspiracy - just out on Netflix - more eye-opening stuff - and the hero was also Director/Producer Louie Psihoyos of The Cove, and the efforts by Sea Shepherd/ Capt Paul Watson ( see also Watson came out last year!) Louie went on to make "Racing Extinction"- wonderful - see Oceanic Preservation Society for links...
Wait why humans are selective towards some animals but are perfectly ok with eating other animals. Why Goat is good but Pork is not, Why Beef is good but eating Dog is not good, Why eating Octopus, Frog, Turtle is good but eating Dolphin is inhuman.🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
For example:
Pigs and cows were never bred as companion animals, but they still helped us evolve by providing early humans with food, nothing more.
Dogs on the other hand were always used as hunting partners, companions or for protection, far longer than any other animal. The bond between humans and dogs was paramount for our evolution.
These animals always had a special place in the hearts of early humans, as quite a lot of burial sites for dogs show (like the Bonn-Oberkassel dog for example)
That is most likely the reason, why a lot of people consider dogs taboo, but not pigs, etc
You can breed cows and goat. Dolphins are social animals and they cannot be bred for trade and meat. They need the whole ocean to live. If you treat dolphins like cows they would go extinct.
Everyone should be taking stances against animal cruelty.
It could be as simple as reducing your meat and dairy consumption. Or changing your diet completely to avoid the exploitation of animals.
I don’t normally comment like this, especially on vice news, a lot of the times it seems like common echo chamber bullshit, but this is actually sick, I think a lot of people seeing this might actually gain something important from this, good job VICE
I thought Japan was a civilized and developed country. Such a shame.
Japan has also a lot of downsides.
In Japan work goes first and private affairs later, in japan people commit suicide because they have too much work to do, other people die because of overwork, that's called Karoshi in Japan. Japan has a toxic office culture.
Japan still honors people who committed war crimes. Such as Hideki Tojo. I'm not trying to be mean, this is how it goes over there.
@@GuilhermeSilva-lt6rw dolphins are not hunted any other place due to them gennerally being a endagered species.
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Give it a hard think for one.
Most things illegal to even hunt japan genuienly seem intent on hunting no matter how deplorable or wrong it is.
@@GuilhermeSilva-lt6rw you dont see the issue with hunting endagered species?
Or the fact they are killing more and more then its allowed to sustain certain species of sea life.
@@Zretgul_timerunner I am against killing dolphins for the reasons you specified. But I find it disturbing that so many Americans and westerners criticize japan for eating dolphins while stuffing your face with cow and pig carcass
@@ZacharyGriffin1990 your fully aware that cattle and farm animals cannot even closely compare to hunting wild animals for meat thats litterally poisionous, if they want dolphin that badly they could always breed the them as a food produce but they dont cause its highly unprofitable.
A pig while smart is breed to be eaten the same can hardly be said about endangered species of dolphin.
this is sad shame on them . i can’t watch such a beautiful creature being killed
Freaking western media never report same things in Norway and Alaska
I hate seeing how humans treat intelligent animals like this. Tradition is disgusting when it cannot change with the times.
Dolphins and whales are not a threat to us, instead they help humans who lost their way. Maybe just go fish normal fish for consumption instead ?
Vice, you guys are doing a great job for the world..... letting us all know about these pressing issues that really matter.... 👍👍👍
If Taiji turned itself into an actual harmless and hunt free (ie world leading) whale and dolphin and cetacean sanctuary and museum, I, for one would pay A LOT $/£ to visit.
To see a culture like Taiji make a such beneficial and positive change, with the future of its ecosystem in mind, would be a truly heroic move. One to be respected, developed supported and buisness modelled surely. World is changing.
To cast judgment and name call, achieves less than nothing.
Lastly, I'm no scientist, but Im pretty sure eating mercury is bad for you.
Plz dont hurt dolphin 😢
Freaking western media never report same things in Norway and Alaska
@@takumi8608 japan is a western nation too tbh
Yeah as a Japanese person I’m not really proud of this . I get these people are just doing their jobs and but I think the ecosystem should come before culture.
For every dolphin offed you've likely saved the lives of thousands of fish though so the ecosystem... If the animal isn't endangered then smart or not I actually see no immediate issues with hunting/eating it. But they can fock right off with these slow and cruel drawn out deaths though. Either do it quick and humanely or not at all. Dolphins shows... Well I thought they were awesome when I was a kid, not knowing any better, but hope they're soon a thing of the past.
In Taiji, hunting whales and dolphins is 'part of our life'
The town of Taiji, on the southeastern coast of Japan's main island, has lived by hunting whales and dolphins since the early 17th century.
@world class hacker So bad for people to hunt dolphins. But OK for Apple to use slave labor.
Look at the bright side. Nature is gonna come back with a vengeance one day and take us all out 🤷🏽♂️
@@Eye-it-azz SIUUUUUUUUUUU
@@Eye-it-azz r u not aware of what we r doing to nature ?
Nature reclaims itself.
Humanity is nature, nature wont kill itself
@@ABC-jg3pv last time I check tornadoes, tsunamis, earth quakes, volcanoes, viruses, plagues, deadly apex predators and literally the sun itself says otherwise. 🤷🏽♂️
Higher life forms like dolphins whales and elephants should be off the menu. They are aware of themselves just like us.
@Jo What a real dumbfuck take; you're literally just virtue signaling unironically. Equating species of animals to social strata in human society? Are you gonna go cry over dead cockroaches?
every animal should be off the menu
I’m surprised this happening in a country that is highly regarded like Japan
No country is perfect I suppose
This is one of the many dark sides of Japan that you don't often hear about, and one that Japan has been trying to hide from the world for decades.
Other country's problem is hidden
japan is FAR from perfect, remember japan's colonial empire?
Freaking western media never report same things in Norway and Alaska
@@devilhunterred okay criticize Norway and Alaska for same things?you are stupid
Well kids now you know where they got the dolphins in the aquarium
Their should be a international organization to put this to a end ASAP
There should be an international law to forbid hunting all sea mammals.
@@stalinjustafellowrussianco7440 Well, when it comes to land creatures we don't go about hunting for our dinner meat, do we? Why? Because we invented something called domistication about 12 thousand years ago.
77 billion land animals slaughtered every year doesn't concern people.🤷
as long they don't go extinct and it's food
@@Dabpss They will never go extinct but their harmful effects will make humans go extinct.
Thank you vice for this! People want to see this type of content not lesbian dance therapy/ race baiting garbage
👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
i would much more likely buy a ticket to a sanctuary than one of those aquarium shows
I watched the movie and didn't understand why they didn't train dolphins to teach other dolphins to evade the simple way that they trap them in the cove