dolphins

Rescuers were last night engaged in a frantic race against time to save scores of beached dolphins in the biggest mass stranding of marine animals in Britain for almost 30 years.

A moving video of Heyden Hayden Panettiere and friends trying to paddle out on surfboards to save dolphins in a Japanese slaughter-fest. The "fishermen" said dolphins should be treated like any other fish. How can a people smart enough to bring us all of this technology not know the difference between a fish and a mammal?

Heroes actress Hayden Panettiere has been involved in a violent confrontation with Japanese fishermen as she tried to disrupt their annual dolphin slaughter.

More than 60 international environmental groups are today staging protests outside Japanese embassies across the world to demand an end to Japan's dolphin and porpoise hunts.

The protests in 31 cities, including London, Washington and Rio are against the whaling nation's annual slaughter of some 20,000 dolphins and porpoises. Protesters dressed in red and wearing a red flower will deliver messages to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calling for an end to the slaughter.

This is a strange and beautiful picture.

In my first exploration of the issue of by-catch in commercial fishing, I looked at the devastating effects of fishing not simply for the "target" species, but on those animals who are unlucky enough to be caught in the lines, traps, hooks, and nets not meant for them. In this second part, I further explore this issue and take a look at how the dolphins, sea turtles, and seals - animals for whom we have affection - fare in our pursuit of gastronomic pleasure.