Dolphin hunt in western Japan town

Dolphin hunt in western Japan town

The season's first "drive-hunting" of dolphins and small whales begins off Taiji in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 1, 2021, in the presence of a Japan Coast Guard dinghy (front) amid criticism by animal-rights groups.

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