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#OpKillingBay press release – Anonymous to save dolphins

Greetings Citiziens of the World. We are the collective Anonymous…
We are the Voice of the People…

Over the last few weeks, you have no doubt seen and heard news regarding #OpKillingBay. The #Op is getting attention and that is good. To be honest, we had hoped for more support but we know that other Ops are in progress and we hold true to the belief that no one Op is more important than another. And each of us at #OpKillingBay individually and as a whole support other ops.

Maybe it’s the fact that ‘Saving Dolphins’ is seen as cliché or is at the top of the list in moral fagging.
So be it. Call us moral fags. Strength comes in resolve. And we’re not quitting. Have we made mistakes along the way? In hindsight, perhaps, but our intentions were and are honorable. We’re only human, albeit Anonymous humans.

So here is our STRATEGIC BRIEF, if you will: A guide as much as it for us, as it is for you.
As we go forward, it will be become more defined, targets may change, new targets could be added, Intel may come and go, certain groups could be responsible for specific targets. But the end goal remains clear: Expose Taiji to the world & ShutTaijiDown

OVERVIEW:
We thought breaking down #OpKillingBay would help dispel the notion that this is just about saving dolphins. It’s about corruption, (Taiji & Gov officials paying off various group) (Substituting dolphin meat into canned tuna and other meats) greedy aquarium owners making money off captive dolphins and lastly, the unimaginable abuse.

With us so far, read on…

GOAL:
To expose this to the media and shift the focus back onto Taiji. How? By any means necessary, be it a cyber attack, a letter, a tweet, a stunt – we need the Media to pick this up and expose it to the rest of the world – then the will of the people can take it from there. Need proof #OpKillingBay is filled with thousands of people thanking us, begging us and offering their support to expose these fuckers to the world.

TAIJI

The hunt lasts from Sept to March: 20, 000 dolphins and pilot whales are killed every year. Hundreds are sold to aquariums to endure a life of captivity – and that’s after watching their family members slaughtered: How by sticking a spike through their orifice and breaking their spines – death sometimes takes hours as they choke on their own blood.

Quote from activist on the ground in #Taiji
“The bay turns completely red with blood. The screams of these gentle, human loving dolphins and pilot whales getting slaughtered is beyond words. The laughing of the fishermen….and then nothing but silence after the carnage. You never forget it. I’ve seen a lot of things as an animal activist. But this, this is evil. This is hell.”

Graphic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgDkcXljh4c
http://www.wdcs-na.org/story_details.php?select=352

These hunts are carried out in guise of tradition. It’s not. Make no mistake: It’s about money. Captive dolphins fetch over $100,000 dollars. Dead dolphins can sell for $6,000 for their meat. *The Jap Gov has been hiding the fact that mercury levels in dolphin meat is testing well above the norms*

WHO IS TO BLAME?

1) There are many. It starts with the Gov of Japan and the fisheries ministries who allow this to go on. We then have a group of called the (ICR) International Cetacean Research from Japan who support #Taiji and actually help fund the slaughters. This is followed by the local Taiji organizations and council offices.

2) Then there are the international groups, primarily WAZA (World Association of Zoos & Aquariums) and IMATA (International Marine Animal Trainers Association) who support #Taiji under the guise of regulatory and conservationists. WAZA has the power to abolish the violent captures and out an end to Taiji but they do nothing. IMATA benefit from Taiji because they train dolphin trainers –

http://www.internationalwhaleprotection.org/forum/index.php?/topic/6571-seaworld-co-waza-and-imata-and-their-collaboration-with-the-dolphin-slaughter-in-japan/

3) Next are the airlines that ship captive dolphins in coffin sized crates with shallow, stale water. Many don’t survive the trip. Those airlines include Hong Kong Airlines, Fed-Ex, Japan Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Air China, UPS and DHL
http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/10/07/establishing-dolphin-no-fly-zone-would-it-end-captures-cove

4) And lastly, there are the aquariums and their mega rich owners. There are literally hundreds. SeaWorld were one of the first to import cetaceans from Taiji. They started the trend. None of their cetaceans now come from #Taiji but the bloodlines do. Fuck’em. *See List

THE LIST

So, knowing all of this, here is a list of targets we have compiled so far. Obviously, this may change as we go forward. We are not naïve enough to believe that a cyber attack is going to change things – but
If it gets the media’s attention, it’s a plus. We are combining these attacks with social & twitter campaigns targeting many of the enablers and also key political and Government figures can bring this issue to attention.

http://www.waza.org (Complicit)
http://www.imata.org (Complicit)
http://icrwhale.org/ (Complicit)

http://www.cypress.ne.jp/jf-taiji/ Taiji fishing company
http://homepage2.nifty.com/jstwa/home-modoru.htm Taiji small boat whaling association
http://www.pref.wakayama.lg.jp/ Taiji Fisheries Co-operative
http://tokyo2020.jp/jp/ Tokyo Olympic committee refuse to acknowledge #Taiji.
http://www.maff.go.jp/e/ (Jap Min of Fisheries)
https://twitter.com/JPN_PMO (PMO of Japan)
http://www.police.pref.wakayama.lg.jp (Taiji Police)

http://sealifeparkhawaii.com/ (Enabler)
http://www.arle.com (Owners Sea Life Park – Financier)
http://www.dubaidolphinarium.ae/ (Enabler)
www.dolphinresort.jp (Enabler)
http://www.marineland.ca/ (Enabler)
http://seaworld.com/ (Enabler)
http://www.georgiaaquarium.org
http://www.oceanpark.com.hk/html/tc/home/
http://www.lkfgroup.com/index.php/home-page/ Owners of Ocean Park resort in HongKong

EPILPOGUE:

So, there you have it. We are trying to be as transparent and open as we can be in hopes of getting more willing Anons, Hacktivist & Activist to help us out. This should be a global effort. United together to stop this fucking inhumane massacre and needless captivity.

For those of you who don’t think it can be done. India just declared dolphins are now non-human persons and has banned holding them in captivity for the purposes of commercial entertainment, private or public exhibition and interaction purposes whatsoever.
pic.twitter.com/cLO04iHRxr”

“The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated” – Ghandi

Operation KillingBay is not Exclusive in any way…
Everyone is welcomed to join or support #OpKillingBay

We Do Not Forgive
We Do Not Forget
We Are Legion
We Are Anonymous…The Voice Of The People

We are the nation of #Anonymous. Let’s show the world how great we can all be…

Source : @marlws tweet