>>> Dear Colleagues,
>>>
>>> We are pleased to announce a recent publication of our paper regarding the
>>> killing methods used in the dolphin drive hunts in Taiji, Japan.
>>>
>>> Andrew Butterworth , Philippa Brakes , Courtney S. Vail & Diana Reiss
>>> (2013): A Veterinary and Behavioral Analysis of Dolphin Killing Methods
>>> Currently Used in the “Drive Hunt” in Taiji, Japan, Journal of Applied
>>> Animal Welfare Science, 16:2, 184-204
>>>
>>> A PDF version of the paper is available online at:
>>> http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10888705.2013.768925
>>> or via email request to dl...@columbia.edu
>>>
>>> A link to the video footage is available at:
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzOw5IBmqWk&feature=youtu.be
>>>
>>> ABSTRACT
>>> Annually in Japanese waters, small cetaceans are killed in “drive hunts”
>>> with quotas set by the government of Japan. The Taiji Fishing Cooperative
>>> in Japan has published the details of a new killing method that involves
>>> cutting (transecting) the spinal cord and purports to reduce time to death.
>>> The method involves the repeated insertion of a metal rod followed by the
>>> plugging of the wound to prevent blood loss into the water. To date, a
>>> paucity of data exists regarding these methods utilized in the drive hunts.
>>> Our veterinary and behavioral analysis of video documentation of this
>>> method indicates that it does not immediately lead to death and that the
>>> time to death data provided in the description of the method, based on
>>> termination of breathing and movement, is not supported by the available
>>> video data. The method employed causes damage to the vertebral blood
>>> vessels and the vascular rete from insertion of the rod that will lead to
>>> significant hemorrhage, but this alone would not produce a rapid death in a
>>> large mammal of this type. The method induces paraplegia (paralysis of the
>>> body) and death through trauma and gradual blood loss. This killing method
>>> does not conform to the recognized requirement for “immediate
>>> insensibility” and would not be tolerated or permitted in any regulated
>>> slaughterhouse process in the developed world.
>>>
>>> My best,
>>>
>>> Diana Reiss
>>
Diana Reiss, PhD
Professor
Department of Psychology
Hunter College, CUNY
695 Park Ave., New York, N.Y. 10065
Office: 212-650-3432
Lab: 212-772-4322
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