To whom it may concern

As the organization that administers the welfare of animals in Japan, I would like to bring to your attention the fact that the fisherman in Taiji are in contravention of Article 2 and Article 40 of the act:

Article 2 of the act on the Welfare and management of animals in Japan it states “in light of the fact that animals are living beings no person shall kill, injure or inflict injury without due course and Every person shall treat animals properly by taking into account their natural habitat and giving consideration to the symbiosis between humans and animals”.

Article 40 (method to be applied in the case of destroying animals)

1) in the case where an animal must be destroyed, a method that minimizes as much as possible the pain and distress to the animal shall be used.

The fisherman caught 90 pilot whales over 60 hours ago, they trapped them in The Cove and they started killing them, they have killed about 40 so far. The killing Methods of driving the small boats with their motors in to the whales is cruel and inhumane. 

Further they drove one whale who was trying to escape into the rocks with the motor of the boat before killing it. The remaining whales have been left in the Cove with NO FOOD for over 60 hours this is cruel and starvation is in contravention of the Act.

Kindly advise me if this situation is going to be addressed as currently it would seem there is no use in having law if it is not monitored the new police station at the Cove should have policeman there that are familiar with this law….

So do something about it please..

Regards Vicky