http://www.seashepherd.org/cove-guardians/what-you-can-do.html
The slaughter of 20,000 dolphins, porpoises, and small whales occurs in Japan each year. Starting on September 1st and continuing through March of the next year, fishermen herd whole families of small cetaceans into shallow bays and mercilessly stab and drown them to death.
This annual slaughter of dolphins was virtually unknown until 2003 when Sea Shepherd globally released covertly obtained film and photographs of the now infamous bloody “Cove” in a village called Taiji. Beginning in 2010, and continuing to this day, Sea Shepherd has an ongoing presence of volunteers standing watch on site at the Cove. They are The Cove Guardians.
With your help, we will continue to pressure Japan to end this cruel and destructive slaughter of dolphins. We are passionate, dedicated, and committed – it may take time, but determination will win for the dolphins in Taiji.
We can all make a difference. If you would like your voices to be heard, please contact the respective representatives to tell them the massacre must stop!
Please help us end this slaughter. Your opinion is important – apathy allows this barbaric “tradition” to continue.
Volunteer
Consider applying to be a Cove Guardian and joining our team in Taiji. This position requires dedication, time, and resources. You must pay for your travel, lodging, food, and all other personal expenses.
Application process:
•Send e-mail to coveguardian@seashepherd.org and express your interest.
•You will be sent an information packet that includes links to the Onshore Volunteer Application and a supplemental questionnaire for Cove Guardians.
•You will submit that package either by electronic or physical mail.
•You will be notified if you are selected and provided more detailed information to help you in booking your travels to and stay in Japan.
Don’t buy a ticket!
A ticket purchased to a dolphin show buys blood in Taiji
The captive dolphin entertainment industry makes a lot of money from dolphin suffering and death. The way to shut them down is to take the profit out of their operations. By ending the demand for their shows, we can sink them economically.
Do not support these entertainment venues. Terminate your season passes. Encourage your friends and family to stay away from them. Do not include them in your holiday packages or cruises. Contact the parks and let them know how you feel about dolphins kept in captivity. Educate others on the link between the captive dolphin industry and the Taiji dolphin slaughter. Do not participate in captive dolphin programs like “swimming with the dolphins”
The Ceta-Base “Phinventory” is a list of captive dolphins world wide.
cetabase
Spread the Word
Follow Operation Infinite Patience on social media and share with your friends and family. Ask them to help us end this atrocity.
Cove Guardian Facebook
Sea Shepherd USA Facebook
Cove Guardian Twitter
Sea Shepherd USA Twitter
Contact the Authorities
Help us end the brutal Taiji dolphin slaughter by voicing your concerns to the authorities in Taiji as well as the Japanese Embassy, US Embassy to Japan, US and Japanese Ambassadors to the UN, and the US Senate members of the Committee on Foreign Relations.
PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN
Prime Minister Shinzo- Abe
Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
1-6-1 Nagata-cho
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. 100-8914 JAPAN
+81-3-5253-2111
Website: http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/index-e.html
Online comment form #1: https://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/forms/comment_ssl.html
Online comment form #2: https://form.cao.go.jp/kokusai/en_opinion-0001.html
Japanese Embassies Worldwide:
Websites of Japanese Embassies, Consulates and Permanent Missions
List of Embassies and Consulates-General in Japan:
List of Embassies and Consulates-General in Japan
US Embassy in Japan:
Caroline Kennedy – Ambassador of the United States to Japan
Telephone: 011-81-3-3224-5000
Fax: 011-81-3-3505-1862
Send E-mail to the U.S. Embassy in Japan
Please thank Caroline Kennedy for her defense of the dolphins
Japanese UN Representatives:
H.E. Mr Kazuyoshi Umemoto – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
japan.mission@dn.mofa.go.jp
H.E. Mr. Jun Yamazaki – Deputy Representative of Japan to the UN
japan.mission@dn.mofa.go.jp
United States UN Representative:
Samantha Power – US Ambassador to the UN
Samantha Power’s Twitter
United States Mission to the United Nations Contact Form
US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations:
US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Wakayama Prefecture Office, Fishery Division:
E0717001@pref.wakayama.lg.jp
Telephone: +81-73-441-3010
Fax: +81-73-432-4124
International Whaling Commission (IWC)
The Red House,
135 Station Road,
Impington,
Cambridge,
Cambridgeshire CB24 9NP, UK.
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 233 971
Fax: +44 (0) 1223 232 87
Email: secretariat@iwcoffice.org
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) / Convention on Migratory Species (CMP)
UNEP/CMS Secretariat
Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1
53113 Bonn, Germany
Tel: (+49 228) 815 2401
Fax: (+49 228) 815 2449
Email: secretariat@cms.int
Mayor – Taiji Town Hall:
Telephone: +81-73-559-2335
Taiji Fishermen’s Union:
Telephone: +81-73-559-2340
Fax: +81-735-59-2821
Hotel Dolphin Resort/Dolphin Base:
Telephone: +81-0735-59-3514
Fax: +81-0735-59-2810
Japan Fisheries Public Content Form:
Contact the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries
WAZA: The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums
secretariat@waza.org
IMATA: The International Marine Mammal Trainers’ Association
info@imata.org
Photo Jim Robertson
Exposing the Big Game 
Here is a sample letter people can use; it’s really long so I would recommend heavy editing, but it’s one I keep on my website to protest:
Dear Ambassadors and Consulates,
I am shocked to learn of the malicious slaughter that continues to occur in Taiji, Japan. Each year, in a secluded and protected cove, greater than 23,000 porpoises, dolphins, whales, and their young, are brutally massacred in unpublished and concealed manners. Indeed, until a courageously dedicated group of activists secretively gained access to this yearly butchery, the world remained unknowing, with Japan’s own populace largely oblivious to the slaughter that stained its shores with the blood of innocent, sentient animals. After universal exposure, however, Taiji became the focus of campaigns to implore the discontinuation of such savagery. It comes with great disturbance that I write today, learning that the massacre continues, causing the butchery of whales and their calves along with bottlenose dolphins, previously promised liberation but targeted and slaughtered instead.
Please allow me to elaborate. This massacre involves manipulating the animals’ destination by forcing them together and into a cove, an area from which they are unable to escape. Once imprisoned in the cove, they are viciously attacked, causing blatant torment and prolonged suffering. This “event” is promoted as a cultural tradition, a celebration of heritage and spirit, but mitigating words and euphemistic descriptions cannot conceal the inherently barbaric nature of this hunt. Any celebration built on a foundation of extreme animal cruelty, exploitation, and suffering cannot be justified as an expression of historical pride; indeed, condemning whales and dolphins, or any other animals, to a torturous “ceremony” is indefensible. Commemorating cultural history is admirable, yet subjecting innocent creatures to such primitive rituals only demonstrates Japan as a seemingly apathetic and unprincipled society, especially given the relative short time period this has been happening, since 1933, barely a dent in Japan’s long-standing and extensive history. Indeed, while this hunt is not justified traditionally, economically, or ecologically, establishing only materialistic greed as motive, it is additionally significant to illustrate these actions as evidence of arrogance, indifference, and a gross disrespect of international law. In fact, in a disturbing display of political manipulation, unscrupulous IWC appointees, taking advantage of previous administration decisions, are secretly involved in expanding, not limiting, Japan’s illegal whale trade, further damaging your reputation.
Furthermore, it is my understanding that, despite critical evidence establishing the toxicity of dolphin meat, and the subsequent discontinuation of allowing it in school meals, the Taiji mayor supports the sale of thousands of tons of dolphin meat; this meat is sold as “scientific whale” meat and its mercury content exceeds the Japanese threshold of what is legally allowed. You are no doubt familiar with the history of mercury toxicity in unsuspecting Japanese citizens, causing irreparable, life-long health damage as well as death. The inhumane treatment of animals extends to humans as well, and such egregious actions are unacceptable.
As such, I respectfully request that Japan immediately cease this indefensible hunt. Additionally, with the continual distribution and showing of the documentary “The Cove” and subsequent generated interest and shock, it is important to recognize that the global community will be intolerant of the depths of cruelty sanctioned by Japan, and it will continue to demand relief on behalf of our sentient friends. Animals, like humans, are capable of fear, love, pain, and suffering; humans have the obligation and the capacity for empathy, and we must utilize our gifts to protect them, not apathetically condemn them to potentially criminal and decidedly insufferable acts. Taiji’s disregard and exploitation of this vulnerable group of beings is unacceptable and the international witnesses will collectively voice censure of Taiji resulting in Japan’s sacrifice of vital tourism and commerce profits. Consequently it would be financially irresponsible and socially unethical for Japan to be associated with such a scorned city’s maligned ritual. Therefore, please act in a compassionate and respectful manner and command Taiji to stop this hunt against innocent animals.
I understand your time is limited and I want to thank you for your consideration of this urgent matter.
I sent the letter to the comment form, but it required shortening – only 2000 characters allowed.
Yes, and selling them to marine parks doesn’t sound like tradition to me. It must end.