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The coastal town of Taiji, Japan, has statues and murals of whales and dolphins, and even runs tour boats shaped like Flipper. But in environmental circles, Taiji is a name that lives in infamy. It is ...

More than a decade after “The Cove” revealed the cruelty behind the practice, Taiji fishermen continue to round up dolphins to supply aquariums and marine parks. Bottlenose dolphins, caught on the ...