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Taiji dolphin drive hunt
The Taiji dolphin drive hunt is a dolphin drive hunt that takes place in Taiji, Wakayama in Japan every year from September to March. According to the Japanese Fisheries Research Agency, 1,623 dolphins were caught in Wakayama Prefecture in 2007 for human consumption or resale to dolphinariums, and most of these were caught at Taiji.
The annual dolphin hunt provides income for local residents, but has received international criticism for both the cruelty of the dolphin killing and the high mercury levels of the dolphin meat.〔Matsutani, Minoru, "(Details on how Japan's dolphin catches work )", ''Japan Times'', September 23, 2009, p. 3.〕
== History ==
Residents of Taiji have been refining whaling techniques and have had significant whaling operations since the early 17th century,〔(太地は古式捕鯨発祥の地として名高く、当地の豪族、和田家一族の忠兵衛頼元が尾張師崎（知多半島の突端）の漁師・伝次と泉州堺の浪人伊右衛門とともに捕鯨技術の研究を進め、慶長11年（1606年）太地浦を基地として、大々的に突捕り法による捕鯨を始めました。 )〕 and became known as a center for whaling in 1675.〔http://www.town.taiji.wakayama.jp/kankou/sub_01.html その後、延宝3年（1675年）和田頼治（のちの太地角右エ門）が網取り法を考案したことによって太地の捕鯨は飛躍的に発展しました。
紀州藩の保護もあって、「捕鯨の本場太地」は天下にその名をとどろかせ、熊野灘の捕鯨は最盛期を迎えました。〕 Hunting dolphins for commercial purposes in Taiji continues. In 2008, 1,484 dolphins and whales were caught, while fisherman planned to catch around 2,400 in 2009. Some of the dolphins are sold to aquatic parks, instead of slaughtered, and Ted Hammond is one of the main brokers for Taiji.〔"(Who killed Flipper? )", ''Salon.com''.〕
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
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