Media Release 1st Sep
Migaloo 2 sails with the dolphins to support International freedom for Dolphins day
Dolphin and whale conservation yacht Migaloo 2 will set sail from Brunswick Heads harbor at 10 am Thursday 1st Sep in solidarity with “Global freedom for the dolphins day”. September 1st is the beginning of dolphin killing season in Japan. Global opposition to Japans dolphin slaughter is huge especially since “The Cove” movie won Best Documentary at the Oscars and was recently screened on ABC TV. “The Cove” exposes Japans dirty secret where they kill around 20,000 dolphins every year and select and sell to the worldwide captive dolphin industry. Byron man, Howie Cooke, co founder of Surfers for Cetaceans, S4C, was in Taiji Japan in 2007 and was part of a paddle out with other surfers to form a circle to commemorate the thousands of dolphins that get slaughtered there every year. This brutal slaughter continues despite global outrage. Howie Cooke who will be sailing on migaloo 2 on thursday said, “Japan Kills around 20,000 dolphins every year. This is not only an issue of the dolphins right to life, but also their right to liberty. Beyond the brutality of the dolphin
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