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Dolphin Cull


I spent two days in Taiji on an assignment and witnessed something I am not likely to forget in a hurry. As Justin McCurry describes in his excellent article this town is possitively Orwellian. I couldn’t take out my camera without someone in Taiji objecting. We had barely been there for 10 minutes when we were stopped by the police and a fisheries person basically was assigned to ensure we didn’t see what they didn’t want us to see. But we saw plenty
More pix on Photoshelter archive in above slideshow and here

Date: September 15th, 2009 @ 10:27

Author: roblogger

Categories: japan society

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Will

in September 16th, 2009 @ 07:54

Hi Rob,

Long time no see, hope you are doing well.

I saw the excellent Justin McCurry piece in the Guardian yesterday (it was your photo that drew me there). A really excellent job by both of you there, hats off to you.

Just been looking through your blog an there is a lot of excellent stuff, would expect no less from a man of your talents.

Take it easy and I will see you around.

Will

Damon

in September 18th, 2009 @ 09:22

Great work on a great cause Rob. I bet you had to be careful there glad you could get the shots and get out safely. Hope to here more about it soon. Damon

Will

in September 19th, 2009 @ 07:05

Hi Rob,

Great work in Taiji by Justin and yourself, I saw your pic on the Guardian online edition the other day as well.

Cheers

Will

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