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Salt Water Tears: An Eyewitness Account of the Dolphin Drive Hunt Slaughters of Taiji, Japan
By: Len VarleyImprint: Balboa Press International
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In 2009, a documentary movie called The Cove focused the spotlight of world attention on the tiny coastal village of Taiji, Japan. Lauded as the birthplace of Japanese whaling, present day Taiji hosts a secretive industry of marine mammal exploitation. This diminutive town is a prinicpal provider of captive whales and dolphins to the world's marine parks and is responsible for the cruel slaughter of thousands of dolphins annually. Salt Water Tears is written around author Len Varley's first-person, eyewitness journal account of events in and around Taiji in the winter of 2010. It is a story that seeks to balance activism and marine conservation with Japanese traditional culture and introduces the reader to an enigmatic and highly intelligent sea dweller, the dolphin. Beyond this a far deeper universal notion resonates: the need for mankind to reconnect and re-harmonise with the natural environment while addressing the pressing dual issues of conservation and sustainability-before it is too late. Weaving an intriguing tale of past and present, author Len Varley tables a deeper understanding of the once deeply spiritual Japanese whaling tradition. He observes its degeneration into present-day commercialism and greed, marred by stark acts of animal cruelty. Varley delivers a compelling exposé of the Taiji dolphin drive hunts, powerfully presented against the mysterious backdrop of Japan's deep spirituality and superstition, the haunting beauty of its landscape, and the gentle humility and warmth of its people.
"A must read book for any activist who wants the real story behind the Japanese dolphin slaughter in Taiji. Len's account is both heartbreaking and heart-warming in equal measure." Pete Bethune - Earthrace Conservation Organisation
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| Title of eBook: Salt Water Tears: An Eyewitness Account of the Dolphin Drive Hunt Slaughters of Taiji, Japan | |
| Release Date: 09-13-2011 | |
| Publisher: Balboa Press International |
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Salt Water Tears: An Eyewitness Account of the Dolphin Drive Hunt Slaughters of Taiji, Japan
Chapter One
The Last Wave
God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.
– Jacques Deval, "Afin de Vivre Bel et Bien"
Taiji journal – Friday January 29th 2011
Today is a perfect summer's day in my hometown of Perth, on Australia's west coast. Perth holds the dubious honour of being the most remote capital city on the planet, and in that sense it is the perfect complement for the emotions that I am experiencing. Late morning and it's already a somewhat muggy 33° C and a far cry from the brisk 7° C daily temperatures in Taiji. My washing line looks comically unusual for an Aussie mid-summer's day with its array of hoodies and winter gear baking in the bright sun. I smile to myself as I make the correlation. It is out of place like me.
I've now been back from Taiji for four days and I am disconnected, physically and emotionally. The physical side is perhaps a little self-inflicted; suffice it to say that the cliffs around the cove area are steep and I "took one for the team" when I fell awkwardly. A quick trip to the local doctor and my knee is now strapped in a pressure bandage until the ligament damage heals. I joked to a couple of the other activists; I'm considering writing a sternly worded letter to the Taiji town council! But that is just a trivial matter and the physical injury will pass. It is the emotional disconnect that concerns me more. Driving back to Osaka was heart-wrenching. As my mid-morning flight climbed out of Kansai airport on a perfect winter morning I could only stare fixedly out past the mountains to the distant poi
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