{"id":86666,"date":"2017-02-13T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=86666"},"modified":"2017-02-10T19:50:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T19:50:10","slug":"world-love-for-dolphins-day-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2017\/02\/world-love-for-dolphins-day-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"World Love for Dolphins Day 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/World-Love-for-Dolphins-Day-2017-sea-shepherd.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-86667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/World-Love-for-Dolphins-Day-2017-sea-shepherd.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/World-Love-for-Dolphins-Day-2017-sea-shepherd.png 650w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/World-Love-for-Dolphins-Day-2017-sea-shepherd-300x111.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Join Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Supporters Worldwide for World Love for Dolphins Day on February 14, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Demonstrations against the global captive dolphin trade responsible for Taiji\u2019s brutal dolphin hunts to take place worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>As another season of dolphin slaughter draws to a close, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is calling on volunteers, supporters and concerned individuals around the world to join with us and our Sea Shepherd Cove Guardians as we show our love for dolphins and call for an end to the captive dolphin trade that funds the slaughter of cetaceans in Taiji\u2019s infamous cove.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, February 14th, Sea Shepherd will teach the world about the link between captivity and the cove with peaceful World Love for Dolphins Day demonstrations across North America and overseas. Sea Shepherd chapters will host demos at Japanese Consulates and local businesses that profit directly from the dolphin slaughter by trading on their surviving family members and stand in solidarity with Sea Shepherd\u2019s volunteer Cove Guardians currently on the ground in Taiji.\u00a0 On Valentine&#8217;s day, animal lovers across the globe will show the world that there is nothing loving about captivity.<\/p>\n<p>Every year, for the past six years, Sea Shepherd&#8217;s Cove Guardians have patrolled the Taiji cove, where entire families of cetaceans are driven into the cove and either kidnapped and sold into captivity or ruthlessly killed. The tremendous amount of profit that the Japanese killers are getting for each captured dolphin, is truly the root of the evil that permeates the tiny town of Taiji, Japan. The love and compassion that people around the world have for these amazing creatures is evident in the support for the Sea Shepherd Cove Guardian campaign and their loud voices against captivity.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our utmost desire is to see a day when captivity is completely abolished and these beautiful, intelligent beings are allowed to roam free throughout the world&#8217;s oceans, instead of being put into tiny tanks and forced to perform tricks, just to get their next meal.\u201d said David Hance, Chief Operating Officer for Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. &#8220;Please join Sea Shepherd on February 14th, as we stand up against captivity and against those companies that help perpetuate this horrific industry,&#8221; added Hance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How can you participate in \u201cWorld Love for Dolphins Day\u201d demonstrations?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seashepherd.org\/news-and-commentary\/news\/world-love-for-dolphins-day-2017.html\" >TO CONTINUE READING Go to Original \u2013 seashepherd.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Supporters Worldwide for World Love for Dolphins Day on February 14, 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[170],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-rights-vegetarianism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}