1. The Jewish Perspective
on
Dolphin and Whale slaughter
By Rachel S.

2. Tza’ar Ba’alei Chayyim
• Tza’ar Ba’alei
Chayyim literally
means “compassion
for the pain of living
creatures”. The
benefit to man must
outweigh the pain and
suffering of animals .

3. What Jewish Law Says about
Dolphin Slaughter
• Although there are no Jewish texts
specifically on Dolphin and Whale slaughter
and abuse, there are many texts that describe
how animals should be treated. The mitzvah
of Tza’ar Ba’alei chayyim states how animals
should be treated. One says “God has
compassion on all who have compassion on
their fellow creatures”. Sifrei Devarim 96

4. Moses Cordorero,
The palm Tree of Deborah
• Other text says, “compassion should be
extended to all creature neither destroying or
despising any of them. For God’s wisdom is
extended to all created things:
minerals, plants, animals, and humans. This is the
reason the rabbis warned us against despising
food. In this way a person’s pity should be
extended to all works of the Holy Blessed
One, just as in God’s wisdom, nothing is to be
despised. One should not uproot anything that
grows unless it is necessary nor kill any living
thing unless it is necessary. Anyone should
choose a good death for them with a knife that
has been carefully examined to have pity on them
as much as possible.”

5. The Beginning
“Have dominion over the fish of the
sea, over the birds of the air, and over
every living thing that moves on the
earth” (Gen. 1:28). What God meant by
this was not rule over them in a
dominant way, but be its caretaker, its
custodian, keep it healthy and strong
and protect it against all evil.

6. Biggest Dolphin Slaughter in
the world
• The biggest dolphin slaughter in the
world happens once a year between the
months of September and March in a small
city in Japan called Taiji. Thousands of
dolphins are killed here every year. The
thing is the Japanese people have known
nothing about this for years and just
recently found out when the documentary
The Cove came out in 2009. The reason for
this slaughter, is obviously money. The
fisherman basically herd them into a cove
using their means of communication and
navigation against them.

7. How they are Trapped
• They make a ear
wrenching sound by
banging metal poles that
reach to the bottom of the
ocean. The sound this
technique creates scares
the dolphins so badly that
they swim straight into
the trap. Once trapped
they are tested and
observed for talent and
beauty

8. Continued
• If they qualify they are sent to
various aquariums around the world
for about $150,000. Instead of letting
the dolphins that don’t qualify back
into the wild they kill them. They
kill them for no other reason then to
eliminate competition for fish.

9. Heritage
• If you were to ask a Japanese
fisherman why the slaughter these
amazing creatures they would tell
you it’s a tradition. If you were to
ask a Japanese citizen why their
fisherman slaughter they will look
at you as if you are crazy. Before the
movie the cove came out in 2009 the
Japanese people had no idea what
was going on. So how is it tradition?
Easy its not.

10. Continued
• It was done for survival when dolphins
were plentiful in our oceans. Now they do
it for profit. They sell meat to stores in
Japan under the label of whale meat.
Dolphin meat is extremely high in
mercury which has been proven to cause
brain damage, nerve
damage, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's
decease, and many more illnesses and
diseases.

11. Watch This
• http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/cove/
• http://www.savejapandolphins.com

12. How You Can Help
• Support Save Japan Dolphins on the
Frontlines in Japan
• Take the Pledge Not to Buy a Ticket to a
Dolphin Show
• Sign the Petition and Letter to World
Leaders to End the Slaughter
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/
724/210/624/
• Tell Zoos and Aquariums To Stop Aiding the
Dolphin Killing
• Tell A Friend About Our Campaign