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Japan dolphin hunt town shrugs off ‘Cove’ Oscar

By author ⋅ March 8, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment
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A woman walks by sculptures of whales, the symbol of the southwestern Japanese town of Taiji on Monday. The Japanese fishing village featured in "The Cove," which won an Oscar for best documentary, defended Monday its practice of hunting dolphins as a part of its tradition.Residents of the small Japanese village shown in the “The Cove” abhorred the attention and said it won't end their centuries-old tradition.


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