Taiji Orca Capture Alert

Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997
FREE THE TAIJI FIVE! UPDATE - April Update

On the morning of June 17, the female orca in Shirahama Adventure World died. She had been pregnant and had miscarriage in April. She had been refusing to eat fish so that she became weak and could not even float by herself. The aquarium staff decreased the water in the tank to half. And at the end, she was held up by a canvas sling.

Three days before the female's death, on 14th, one of the male orcas in Adventure World had died. He was the youngest among the Taiji Five and the one that was making a crying sound in the video.

It is now impossible for Japanese or international activists to get any information on the fate of the remaining three orcas. Their tiny tanks are barred from public view or access and no information is forthcoming from the aquarium or the government.

The condition of the remaining three orcas as they suffer loss of their family group, starvation, sensory deprivation and paralysis caused by lack of movement must be dreadful.

Letters should be sent directly to the Prime Minister or President of your own country, demanding that formal protests be sent to the Japanese Government . We should also call upon our own governments to immediately institute an international agreement banning the taking of wild orcas for captivity.

Doug Cartlidge
European Cetacean Organisation
7 Meadway Court
The Boulevard
Worthing, BN13 1PN
England
tele+fax: 44 1903 241 264
email: dougc@mistral.co.uk Home page: http://www3.mistral.co.uk/dougc/

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