The practice was made famous in the 2010 Oscar-winning documentary “The Cove." Dolphin hunting season has commenced in the small village of Taiji, Japan, with a quota to kill more than 1,400 dolphins ...

This year's dolphin-hunting season began Monday in the western Japan whaling town of Taiji, using the traditional "drive-hunting" method that has been labeled as cruel by animal-rights groups at home ...

TAIJI, Japan — All Ric O'Barry wants is to stop the dolphin killing, so the trainer for the 1960s "Flipper" TV series is headed to this seaside Japanese town, where the hunt goes down. The American ...

Caroline Kennedy, the new U.S. ambassador to Japan, defended a controversial tweet about Japan's annual dolphin hunt that she posted shortly after being sworn in. Kennedy told NBC News Thursday she ...

TOKYO, May 20 (Reuters) - Japan's association of zoos and aquariums said on Wednesday it will stop buying dolphins taken in a controversial hunt made famous in an Oscar-winning documentary, possibly ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. TOKYO-- Dolphins have been herded into a cove as part of an annual hunt in the Japanese seaside town made famous by an ...