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Dedicated to the Welfare & Protection of Dolphins Worldwide Since Earth Day 1970. 🐬 As seen in the Academy Award® Winning Documentary, THE COVE 🐬
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BREAKING: Rescued dolphins Johnny, Rocky and Rambo have made their way to the open ocean!
Details at:
#UmahLumba
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Thanks
@Harry_Styles
! We agree, dolphins don't belong in captivity
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Retweet and help us wish a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our longtime supporter
@harry_styles
! Thank you Harry for being a voice for dolphins! 🐬 🎉
#DolphinProject
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BREAKING: Due to animal welfare concerns, Iceland has halted fin whale hunts until August 31, possibly bringing the controversial practice to an end for good:
We hope this may serve as an example for other nations that still permit cetacean hunts.
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Pls welcome
@AlexAllTimeLow
to the
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team.
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#ThanksButNoTanks
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#TBT
That time Dolphin Project supporter
@Harry_Styles
destroyed SeaWorld with 4 words.
#DontGoToSeaworld
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BREAKING: Lolita (also known as Tokitae), the subject of a decades-long, global movement to retire her to a seaside sanctuary, has died at Miami Seaquarium. Details on our blog at:
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Dolphin Project ambassador
@Maisie_Williams
speaks out from
#TheCove
#ThanksButNoTanks
#DontBuyATicket
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Does anybody like dolphins?
#DontGoToSeaworld
Now available in our shop.
#DolphinProject
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Skate, snowboard or jam out and save dolphins! 🏂🎸🐬❤️
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Taiji: Dolphin hunting boats arriving. Dolphins run free!
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#Tweet4Dolphins
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Show your support by wearing our Dolphin Project crew shirt.
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Whales & dolphins play a vital roles in marine ecosystems, providing nutrients for phytoplankton which ultimately produce the majority of the earth's oxygen! Help protect them here:
Video by Jaimen Hudson
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Recording artist
@TrueChadwick
writes about The Cove & activism.
Read Here:
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It’s not education, and it’s not conservation. It’s exploitation in the name of profit. Please don’t buy a ticket to ANY facility that has dolphins and whales in tanks for entertainment. For more and how you can help at:
#ThanksButNoTanks
#DolphinProject
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Living in a barren environment without fresh air or natural sunlight, a young
#Beluga
at
#HaichangPolarOceanWorld
, tries to find some enrichment from a water hose 😔
Video from IG:estherveganlin.
Read more about the effects of captivity at .
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#WildAndFree
bottlenose dolphin flying high! 🐬 Help ALL dolphins be wild and free by saying NO to captivity:
🐬 Video by
@caitlyn_nieblas
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#BottlenoseDolphin
#KeepThemWild
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Increased awareness can help end the suffering of other captive dolphins. Let this be Lolita’s legacy:
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BREAKING NEWS: After careful planning, veterinary evaluation, and revolutionary dolphin dental care, rescued dolphin Johnny has been given new teeth! Read at:
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BREAKING NEWS!
After a decade of relentless campaigning against Indonesia’s traveling dolphin circus, the world’s cruelest dolphin show has been shut down.
Read more:
#DolphinProject
#StopSirkusLumba
#FreeBaliDolphins
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#FreedomFriday
🐬🐬🐬 Check out these wild and free bottlenose dolphins hitting the surf! 🏄 Find our why dolphins should always be wild and free:
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#BottlenoseDolphin
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Taiji: Incredibly fantastic news! Cove Monitors arrived back at the lookout point in time to see the dolphin hunting fleet give up and return to the harbor. Dolphins win today! We will update when all boats are docked. Nov 24 2018 12:25pm
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Breaking: South Korea Bans Importation of Taiji’s Dolphins
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Help stop ‘Nemo’ dolphinarium from opening in Thailand
#DolphinProject
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There is no justifying violently removing them from their family for a life of this.
#DontBuyATicket
to see captive cetaceans.
#DolphinProject
#falsekillerwhales
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Taiji: The pod of dolphins has escaped!!! The hunting boats have broken out of formation- eleven of them have turned in to the harbor empty handed. We will watch for the twelfth and final boat, and update when it has returned! Jan. 30, 2020 11:00 AM
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One Day before Typhoon Hagibis is predicted to hit Japan,
@Dolphin_Project
Cove Monitors shot this video of the dolphins in Dolphin Base pens.
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"It is a dolphin's birthright to swim in a straight line in the ocean as far as its heart desires."
-Dolphin Project Director and Founder
@RichardOBarry
RETWEET if you agree!
Beautiful video by
@sideytheshark
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#DontBuyATicket
#EmptyTheTanks
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Taiji: Dolphin hunters are a no show today as the wind is very strong! Dolphins swim safely past Taiji today. Happy BLUE Cove day!
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Taiji: All 12 boats are in. Time for Blue Cove dances. Sept. 7 2018 8:15am.
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Taiji: Pod from yesterday being pushed into selection/killing area.
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#Tweet4Dolphins
2015-09-20 5:45a
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Last boat back in the harbor empty handed, bringing in the 15th blue cove day!
Sept 15 2018 9:35 AM
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Taiji: Rough sea conditions, high winds and rain continue to keep banger boats docked. 14th blue cove day! Sept. 14 2018 5:25 AM
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Taiji: Good news! The dolphins have escaped 🐬 It's a beautiful blue cove day. 2016.09.15 - 11:42am
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"One of the biggest lies being told by the likes of
@SeaWorld
and others in the dolphin abusement industry is that dolphins in captivity can never be released back into the wild." Releasing Captive Dolphins: ~ with
@RichardOBarry
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Taiji: 3rd skiff with dead, passing living pod members.
#Tweet4Dolphins
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Taiji: After searching for about 4 hours this morning, the hunters gave up. All 12 banger boats back are now back in the harbor. Blue cove!
Sept. 23 2018 10:20 AM
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Taiji: The last banger boat has finally docked. After battling for over 3 hours today, the dolphins win! Blue Cove day.
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Taiji: The banger boats stayed out a long while before giving up this morning. All of them have now returned to the harbor empty handed. Blue cove!
Oct. 8 2018 10:30 AM
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Taiji: For about an hour banger boats struggled to stay in drive formation as the dolphins fought to get further offshore. The dolphins were able to get away when the boats gave up and headed right back to the harbor. Blue cove!!
Sept. 17 2018 8:40 AM
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Some wild Pacific white-sided dolphins playing in the slipstream around the bow of a whale watching boat! That's a behavior you could never see them do in a tank 😉.
Video by
@dolphindelaney
!
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We are streaming LIVE from Taiji, Japan
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#TheCove
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At least 160 orcas have died in captivity, even more if stillbirths are counted. They don't thrive in captivity. They simply survive for as long as they are able.
Learn about the cruel industry behind dolphin shows at
#DolphinProject
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Morgan needed help when she was found, but her current situation raises serious questions. How much effort was put into finding her family and exploring the options of rehab and/or sanctuary? How can anyone justify incarcerating her, or any orca?
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Taiji: Rough seas keeping all boats at the dock today. 12th blue cove day in a row!
Sept. 12 2018 5:25 AM
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Taiji:
@Dolphin_Project
Global ambassador
@maisie_williams
scans the horizon as boats start to return.
10.05 am 2016.12.2
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Happiness is a wild dolphin at play 🐬 Video of a high-flying pantropical spotted dolphin by
@nataliekparra
🐬
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Dolphins are still captured from the wild for the aquarium industry. It is frustrating to see footage from these drive hunts- but it is important to keep in mind that this aspect is ultimately what keeps these hunts profitable. Help spread the word:
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Taiji: Once again, dolphins were driven towards the harbor and preparations were made for an offshore capture. This time the hunters attempted to use the fishing nets to their advantage. However, once again the dolphins escaped and the hunters returned empty handed.
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BREAKING: Dolphins Rescued and Released From Indonesian Circus
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#StopSirkusLumba
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We cannot forget about the remaining dolphins at Miami Seaquarium and the decades of horrific living conditions, food deprivation, and alleged animal abuse they have had to endure. Learn more about the facility and how to help
#EmptyTheTanks
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BREAKING: Fabulous news coming out of Canada! 🇨🇦 BILL S203 HAS PASSED COMMITTEE AND WILL PROCEED TO THE HOUSE WITH NO AMENDMENTS FOR FINAL VOTE.
🙌 THANK YOU to everyone who took action!
Image credit: Ontario Captive Animal Watch
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#Canada
#Beluga
#Orca
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Taiji: Foul weather keeping all hunting boats at the dock again. The 13th consecutive blue cove day! Sept. 13 2018 5:35 AM
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Taiji: Japanese activists showed up for a second day of demonstrations. Both in front of the union and in front of the Whale Museum. They are handing out brochures and talking with tourists about the connection between captivity and the slaughters 2-11-18 1:50
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Taiji: 11 boats in the harbor. Blue cove!
The captive industry drives the slaughter.
#DontBuyaTicket
9.15am 2016.12.6
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Our hope is that one day dolphins will be protected all over the world, and free to live in the oceans just as nature intended. 🐬 Help us work towards a future like that:
🐬 Video by Jaimen Hudson
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#KeepThemWild
#FreedomFriday
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Taiji: All hunting boats have now returned with no dolphins. Blue cove day number 15!
Oct. 26 2018 9:30 AM
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Great news! Twenty-seven illegally-caught dolphins in the Solomon Islands have been set free.
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Taiji: The False Killer Whale at the Taiji Whale Museum displayed repetitive behavior for several minutes yesterday. This is NOT behavior you’d see in the wild. Please do NOT support the captivity industry. 1-14-18 4:43pm
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BREAKING: Dolphins Rescued and Released From Indonesian Circus. Watch the full video & read more
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We will provide an update on Lolita's condition & that of the other animals trapped at Miami Seaquarium during
#Irma
as soon as it's safe.
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Just 3 weeks ago, Dewa was covered in injuries he sustained at the Melka Hotel from self-harming behaviors. Now, he and Johnny are retiring in peace at the Bali Dolphin Sanctuary! Read more about their journey:
Video by Femke Monita
#DolphinProject
#JAAN
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This is a "tank cleaning" session at Churaumi Aquarium. Every time someone buys a ticket to see a dolphin show, they contribute to the suffering of these sentient animals.
⚠️ TAKE ACTION: ⚠️
#DolphinProject
#ThanksButNoTanks
#BottlenoseDolphin
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Dolphins are incredibly intelligent, social, and curious- and they're great surfers, too! 🏄 🐬
🌎 Let's keep fighting to protect dolphins all around the world:
Stunning footage of some dolphin surfers by
@JaimenHudson
#DolphinProject
#KeepThemWild
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Leaping into the weekend! We can't wait for
#EarthDay2019
which is also the same day as
#DolphinProject
's anniversary! Stay tuned for some fun things we have planned on our website 😮!
Beautiful video by
@jaimenhudson
!
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Taiji: A storm is approaching, strong winds keep the dolphin hunters IN today. Dolphins are safe to migrate past Taiji today!
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Taiji: Hunting boats have given up their search and are all back in the harbor. Blue cove!
Oct. 14 2018 9:05 AM
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Taiji: Stormy weather means a beautiful BLUE Cove day! Strong winds keep the dolphin hunters home today.
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Taiji: After an hour of searching, rain visibility and surface conditions worsened. This caused the hunters to give up and head back in the harbor. Blue cove!
Sept. 25 2018 7:00 AM
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Taiji: High winds and forecasted rain have caused hunters not to take the boats out today. Blue cove!
Oct. 4 2018 5:45 AM
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Taiji: The dolphin drive hunt season has ended but the dolphins are not forgotten. A candlelight vigil was held at the Cove as dolphins who lost their lives, their freedom and had their families shattered were remembered. Organized by Japanese activists.
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To all who have shared our social media posts, watched our live broadcasts from Taiji, purchased our authentic gear, signed a petition, attended a demo or made a donation – THANK YOU. We are grateful to you not just on Thanksgiving, but every day.
#LetsProtectDolphinsTogether
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Indonesia’s traveling circuses subject dolphins to extreme cruelty and suffering. TAKE ACTION & ask the President of Indonesia to shut down these barbaric forms of “entertainment”.
#StopSirkusLumba
#DolphinProject
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Taiji: Continuing stormy seas have kept the boats docked and the hunters off the water today. Blue cove!
Sept. 27 2018 5:30 AM
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BREAKING: Canada is one step closer to abolishing dolphin and whale captivity! 🇨🇦🐬
Bill S-203 - "Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act" has just been adopted by the Senate of Canada. The next step is for the bill to be debated in the House of Commons.
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Taiji: Severe storm keeps dolphin hunters in another day. It's another BLUE COVE day! 09-17-17. 5:45am.
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Taiji: Stormy weather means dolphin hunting boats remain docked, and we have a
#BlueCove
!💙🐬 December 2, 2019 6:35am
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Taiji: Despite the favorable weather, all banger boats have returned to the harbor empty handed. Dolphins are safe for another day.
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BREAKING: The last captive dolphin venue in New South Wales, Australia has announced it will end its dolphin breeding program.
The only other captive dolphin facility in Australia is Sea World on the Gold Coast.
#DolphinProject
#ThanksButNoTanks
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Taiji: Happy to announce the dolphins have escaped! It's the 8th consecutive blue cove day 🐬 2016.10.12 - 11:35am
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Taiji: The hunters are taking another day off, so migrating dolphins can swim freely by Taiji today. We have a beautiful BLUE Cove day! Dec 28 2018 7:10am
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Taiji: These dolphins have been driven into the Cove, been terrorized and ripped from their families, there freedom stolen. Now they will spend the rest of their lives “entertaining” humans. Wild caught or captive born, this is no life for a dolphin. Time to end the show.
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