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[|Brainstorming]: Dolphins, hunting, Japan, documentary, food, controversial, ecologic, culture, kill, captivity, Taiji, estate, east, fisherman, illegal, mercury, harmful, meat, etc.

====[|Sentence outline]: Hunting dolphins is a common practice in Japan in which dolphins are killed by fishermen and eaten for the residents without knowing that it affects the organism.====

[|Thesis statement]: Hunting dolphins should be prohibited because each year in the island of Taiji a high number of species are killed by fishermen, the dolphin's meat is harmful for the human body, the Japanese government are in favor of this activity.

I.Each year on the island of Taiji in Japan is captured an approximate of 20,000 dolphins by fishermen. a.in this practice the dolphins are closed and killed by fishermen. b.One part of dolphins end up in dolphinariums.

II.The dolphin's meat is harmful for the human body. a.The dolphin's meat contains high concentrations of mercury. b.An investigation demonstrate that the residents of Taiji have high concentrations of mercury in their body.

III. the government of Japan allows to eat dolphins. a.In Japanese culture is common to eat dolphins and whales. b. Japanese people do not have enough fish to eat.

Essay: //After reviewing the criteria for your essay, begin writing here based on your sentence outline above.//


 * Hunting Dolphins is an Activity that should be Abolished** by Hugo Canizalez.

Each day is impossible to believe how far man can get his food, so is his ability that is able to kill an Innocent animal such as noble dolphin. Nowadays is common to hear about hunting dolphins in that activity this noble animal is captured by fishermen to eat its meat or ends up in dolphinariums. An example of this situation currently is living nowadays in the island of Taiji in Japan, in recently years a documentary called "The Cove" shows how cruel is this activity and how people are educated about. For that reason, hunting dolphins should be prohibited because each year in the island of Taiji a high number of dolphins are killed by fishermen, besides that dolphin's meat is harmful for the human body, nevertheless the Japanese government is in favor of this activity.

Each year in the island of Taiji in Japan is captured an approximate of 20,000 dolphins by fishermen. "They have nowhere to go and nothing to do, it’s cruel and unusual, the only way out is the death"( Mark Jason, 2010,p41). These people driving at dolphins with boats and their escape is prevented by closing off the route of open sea or ocean with boats and nets. Later dolphins are captured with nets and the fishermen kill at dolphins slitting their throats and shedding the blood in the ocean. Sometimes some dolphins are not killed but they are captured to end up in dolphinariums, in these sites the dolphins are bred in captivity doing shows for the people showing their skills. The fishermen sells dolphin meat in public markets unaware that this meat is harmful for the human body.

A recent research found that dolphin meat is harmful for the human body. A study realized by Japan's National Institute of Population and Social Security Research found that the dolphin´s meat contains high concentrations of mercury, cadmium and DDT. "We presume that the high mercury concentrations are due to the intake of dolphin and whale meat".(Okamoto Koji, 2011,p23). In the research was demonstrated that the residents of Taiji have high concentrations of mercury in their blood, the most frequently victims of this are children and pregnant women. In despite of this research the government of Japan ignores that and while still allowing hunting dolphins.

In the world some people is doing consciousness and environmentalist groups are fighting to abolish hunting dolphins, however the Japanese government ignores the previous mentioned and is in favor of this activity. In Japan is most common eat meat of dolphins and whales because is a part of the daily diet of Japanese people. In despite the loss of diversity of dolphins the government of Japan allows at fishermen sells this meat in public markets in that people can buy it at low prices. According to Okamoto Koji, "Japanese people said that eating dolphin's meat is the same that eat cow's meat" (2011,p24). Moreover another excuse of Japanese people is because in the ocean there are not enough fish for to eat, for that reason fishermen use hunting dolphins and whales.

In conclusion is difficult to believe that an innocent animal such as the dolphin is being killed for hungry humans because they do not have enough fish in their oceans in despite of this kind of meat is harmful for the organism. People who watched the documentary "The Cove" is doing consciousness about that how cruel and dangerous is hunting dolphins and some environmentalist groups is taking actions such as protest against the Japanese government or release of dolphins in Taiji. However this actions has been repressed by the Japanese government and some countries still continue to practice hunting dolphins because they do not want accept about that they are doing is wrong. For that reason is necessary to do reflect at the people about that this kind of activities should be prohibited and it should seek other alternative sources of food that not affects the animals such as vegetables.


 * References.**

Mark Jason. (2010) Hunting Dolphins in the Island of Taiji: a cruel act, //Earth Island Journal//, //Vol. 24 Issue 4//, p40-47.

Okamoto Koji. (2011) Dolphin´s meat is harmful for the human body//, Japanese research Journal, Vol 6,// p22-24.