Dolphin massacre victims in Sri Lanka

For years, the dolphin massacre victims in Sri Lanka took place without any obstacles (?!). François Xavier Pelletier reporters during a fact brought evidence of the brutal disregard of international law.

Medium iron hook embedded deep in the flesh of the dolphin. It struggled, trying to get rid of that strange enemies. Animals were pulled aboard the ship, wriggling in pain in a pool of blood. Hissed the cries, dolphins like crying. Fisherman are preparing to take the blade ripped open the iron workers.

Sri Lankan fishermen despite the Europeans have to spend money to buy tickets to the pond to admire fishes have eyes like humans. For them, the "blue ocean" is a giant food warehouse. Moreover, they say dolphins are manatees.

Dolphin massacre victims in Sri Lanka

To learn more, François-Xavier Pelletier reporters together to sail with them. The trip that he almost did not return.

"I gave up a 10m long boat, on the radio that no buoys and rescue, only one old compass. They all rely on the same captain Gamini 3 fishermen "- Pelletier said. From the moment of departure, they had told him about the boat lost persons and the public did not know at, or on the fishermen drifted to the Marquises Islands and jailed.

In the middle of the cabin is a huge gazole tub, so we just can sleep 3 people in it, others tried to rest next to the engine. It cried loudly during 24/24. And hatches for containing ice. What I remember most is the smell of oil, the smell of fish to vomit on the boat flipped.

"Out of the 170 nautical mile coast, 2 times broken engine. With a boat like that, any other sailor will return to port. But this can not be obtained for Sri Lankan fishermen living by the sea, which only. Imagine my horror to learn that no one on the crew know about the latest machinery. I have to fix yourself, no choice than ".

"Like every evening, the crew cast nets to catch fish. One day, a storm arises, we have not seen during my 25 years at sea. White sea foam, waves covering up the boat. The only way the boat into the net column. If this wire is broken, the boat will be swept away like a reed. The fishermen kneel before the altar to pray and burn incense Buddha. The next morning, we found a dead dolphin caught by nets. Fishermen butchered it for bait. Then they eat the heart, see it as a premium item".

Sri Lankan fishermen often ask dolphins to find fish stream. They know that when there are dolphins in the sea, that deep can of tuna. But when not catch the tuna, they turned to catch the dolphins. Sometimes 5 boats can carry about 65 dead whales. Beruwella port has more than 200 fishing boats catch average of 3,000 dolphins every year. But how much value is there: just 12 euros a cheaper tuna and yellow 20 times to 10 times cheaper than sharks.

The massacre took place quietly, in spite of the Government of Sri Lanka signed a law established whale sanctuary and dolphins in the Indian Ocean. And since 1993, an international agreement stipulates a maximum prison term of two years for those who kill, buy or sell dolphins and whales in the waters there. But the result is almost zero.

 Because once the Sri Lankan fishermen were not well equipped to catch tuna, when no flow detector fish for dolphins tragedy will continue. Experts estimate that each year about 30,000 dolphins to be killed. The dolphin protection organizations are trying to call on the Government of Sri Lanka quickly to prevent accidents on the dolphins caught on.