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Dolphin & Whale Watching
Dolphin & Whale Watching
Dolphin & Whale Watching
Dolphin & Whale Watching
Dolphin & Whale Watching
Dolphin & Whale Watching
Dolphin & Whale Watching
Dolphin & Whale Watching
Dolphin & Whale Watching
Dolphin & Whale Watching
Dolphin & Whale Watching
Dolphin & Whale Watching
Dolphin & Whale Watching
Dolphin & Whale Watching
Dolphin & Whale Watching
Dolphin drive hunting, also called dolphin drive fishing, is a method of hunting dolphins and occasionally other small cetaceans by driving them together with boats and then usually into a bay or onto a beach. Their escape is prevented by closing off the route to the open sea or ocean with boats and nets. Dolphins are hunted this way in several places around the world, including the Solomon Islands, the Faroe Islands, Peru, and Japan, the most well-known practitioner of this method. By numbers, dolphins are mostly hunted for their meat; some end up in dolphinariums. Despite the controversial nature of the hunt resulting in international criticism, and the possible health risk that the often polluted meat causes, thousands of dolphins are caught in drive hunts each year.
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