As long as cows and pigs continue to be mistreated in the Western world, what right to we have to criticize the dolphin hunt?
Great question. Cows, pigs and other domesticated animals are also being consumed in great numbers in Japan. If the meat of these animals was contaminated with mercury, the Japanese people and the Western world would stop eating it immediately. The inhumane treatment of domesticated animals in Western slaughter houses presents yet another pressing animal welfare issue. Our coalition consists of four organizations that work on several animal welfare and environmental issues. Among them are the Korean dog trade, stopping the use of elephants in the circus industry and abolishing factory farming, just to name a few issues. But you cannot be effective if you work on all animal issues at the same time. Our coalition, therefore, focuses on one issue, which is that of stopping the largest slaughter of dolphins in the world. There is another aspect to this question: Simply because animals are mistreated in the Western world, does that mean that a Westerner who cares about animal welfare should
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