The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) today announced that The Japan Times is this year's winner of its prestigious International Genesis Award, given in recognition of its Nov. 30, 2005 "breakthrough expose" headlined: "'Secret' dolphin slaughter defies protests." The article...detailed Japan's annual, savage slaughter of some 20,000 small cetaceans in the face of widespread international protests and against the background of a virtual media blackout in Japan of both the practice and the protests. The article also presented scientific evidence that samples of dolphin meat on sale to the public in Japan were dangerously contaminated with mercury. In selecting The Japan Times, the awards committee cited the article's success (via the Internet) in "provoking an international outcry with this courageous condemnation of the shameful Japanese practice of slaughtering dolphins in order to protect the country's fishing industry, or as the bloody byproduct of capturing dolphins for theme parks"...more...
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