japan and dolphins

i originally planned on posting about what i did on april 17 in japan; however, while watching a national geographic episode earlier about dolphin hunting in japan, i began to lose interest in the country.

graphic photographs and videos of hundreds of dolphins (mostly bottle-nose) being caught and slaughtered en masse were shown. you'd hate the country for it especially when the government gave permits to the fishermen to do the hunting and killing and when the village folks would defend such acts citing that it's part of their country's tradition. the sorriest thing is that the income for dolphin meat is not one too big and substantial to make the country rich.

good thing i didn't abandon the tv early for feeling so grossed out with the cruelty and graphic images. the practice of mass hunting and killing of dolphins in japan is becoming history. over the years, the fishing villages that practised this had, one by one, stopped doing it. if i'm not mistaken, only one fishing village is left still doing it. i'm not sure if it's true until now. i stopped watching in the middle of the show actually.

that's good news already. thanks to the few people who fought to stop such animal cruelty, i can continue writing about my japan trip and loving the country as well. everybody deserves second chances! ;)