Outrage after sea turns red in mass dolphin hunt as hundreds lured into shallow waters

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dolphin hunt that sees hundreds of species lured into shallow waters as part of a killing spree has commenced. Activists have marched over to the Japanese Embassy in Manila in a bid to stop the brutal attacks which turns the sea red.

The Taiji dolphin hunt hit headlines after the film The Cove exposed the deadly practice used to capture dolphins for human consumption and entertainment. READ MORE Man who 'wanted to steal a walrus' set to expose horror marine park 'abuse' in trial Harrowing footage was watched across the globe and showed hundreds of the animals being knifed.

The yearly pursuit sees fishermen chase pods of dolphins by banging metal poles against their boats to confuse them. The animals are either slaughtered or sold to aquariums and attractions.

Although the hunts are carried out across Japan, Taiji is particularly known because fishermen can catch entire pods, which has a major impact on the population.Yoshifumi Kai, of Taiji’s fisheries cooperative, previously told The Guardian: “We’ve mostly stayed silent since The Cove, and that’s why our point of view was never put across in the media."Activists say we are concealing something because we know that what we are doing is immoral, but that’s nonsense.“You never see cattle or other animals being slaughtered in public.