dolphins brutalized, excuses run wild

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A what some might call trajedy or even heart braking event seems to happen in Japan, every six months. This indeed strikes me near and dear to my heart; every six months over 22,000 dolphins are slaughtered in japan because of the annual dolphin hunting season.Hunting season? No this is the farthest thing from hunting season. These "hunters" cage and trap dolphins and simply slaughter them.I understand the simple fisherman catching a few a day, but caging them and murdering is on a whole other level.I personally have very strong feelings for animals because they are 100% alive, just like we are. And who, who I ask gave these men the right to end their lives with such pleasure?And saying it is part of your culture! no that is not part of yours or any ones culture for that matter, those dolphins are entitled to their life as much as we are, your culture doesn't surpass that. It is a disgrace to humanity I believe, the dolphins who statistically proven are very important to the human species, for whatever reasons, but indeed are important to us. This defeats any claime to that idea apparently. And I hate to admit that. I just don't understand. What is it that would drive a person to want to do this to such a gentle creature? Insanity or misguidance or whatever the case I see this as a corrupt idea the Japanese have screwed into their minds and it must be stopped. Life is more precious than a claim of "culture."And this goes for all creatures inhabiting the earth, from the smallest bug, to the human race.Not one thing deserves that treatment. It terrorizes me inside.