Act now for wild dolphins sold into a lifetime of suffering for profit

Sign this petition urging GetYourGuide to stop promoting captive dolphin entertainment. 

Every year from September to March, hundreds of wild dolphins who pass through the waters of Taiji in Japan to migrate with their family pods are violently hunted down and captured in ‘the cove.’ Many of these playful, sentient beings are then captured and sold for thousands of dollars to dolphin venues where they will be used to entertain paying tourists.  

A once-in-a-lifetime experience for tourists to swim with dolphins or watch dolphins perform tricks is exciting however what they don’t see is that these dolphins are suffering 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in small pens and tanks that are nothing like the wild waters they were taken from. 

Shockingly, GetYourGuide, an online travel excursion company, promotes and sells tickets to venues linked to the Taiji dolphin hunt. Every ticket to a venue that buys dolphins captured during this cruel hunt fuels the inherently cruel trade and lifelong suffering of these highly intelligent and sensitive mammals. It must stop. 

Our latest report ‘Waves of Profit: How the Tourism Industry Profits from the Taiji Dolphin Hunts’ investigates the connection between the annual Taiji dolphin hunts and the tourism industry. It shines a light on how global travel companies selling tickets to venues linked to this inhumane hunt are fueling this cruelty. 

Like any industry, the dolphin entertainment industry is based on supply and demand. The cruelty will only continue as long as travel companies like GetYourGuide continue promoting and selling tickets to dolphin entertainment venues.    

Add your voice to this petition demanding GetYourGuide to stop fueling the brutal capture and trade of dolphins. 

Help wild dolphins stay wild and demand that Get You Guide stop promoting this cruelty. Sign the petition now!