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http://twilog.org/CoveGuardians/date-130207

The slaughter has finished and the Taiji butcherhouse is busy processing dolphin meat.
http://twitter.com/CoveGuardians/status/299353868070944768

First transfer of 3 captives goes toward Whale museum and 2nd skiff heading toward harbor pens. 10:24am
http://twitter.com/CoveGuardians/status/299327846978035712

Police now forcing us to delete photos off our cameras saying it is for "our safety"
http://twitter.com/CoveGuardians/status/299322821388156928

Spotted dolphin pod within the killing cove now being selected for captivity. 10:00am
http://twitter.com/CoveGuardians/status/299321919470190592

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As most people were just waking up and enjoying their morning coffee by 8am, the dolphin killers were already driving two dolphin pods toward Taiji’s killing cove and Cove Guardians were livestreaming the hunt.

Two separate pods of Pan Tropical Spotted dolphins were discovered and driven over 15 miles toward Taiji. The fight and struggle of these families lasted over several hours as both pods at...tempted many times to evade the killers.

47-49 Pan Tropical Spotted dolphins were eventually netted into the killing cove as trainers from all three captive facilities were waiting to kidnap and imprison juveniles. A total of 9 captives were removed from the pod within the cove. 4 were taken to Taiji Dolphin Base and Dolphin Resort and 5 toward the harbor sea pens, only 3 survived and 2 went directly to the butcherhouse.

The remaining 36-38 dolphins that were not suitable for captivity were victims of another brutal and bloody slaughter within the shallows of the cove. The thrashing and screams were so loud that live stream viewers worldwide could hear the pain and terror coming from their computers.

Only a few weeks remain until the end of the drive hunt season and it seems that the police force here in Taiji might be a little on edge as they keep changing the rules each day. We were told that we had to delete some photos taken of town officials and that they were only instructing us to “protect us”. We are not sure what exactly that means, but seems to be a lack of common sense.