After years of external scrutiny, the (JAZA)聽has banned the buying and selling of dolphins from the controversial Taiji hunt, 奥别诲苍别蝉诲补测.听
Under threat of expulsion from the (WAZA), JAZA voted last week to approve the Taiji dolphin ban. The vote came on the heels of WAZA suspending JAZA in April for 鈥渋ssues involving JAZA member zoos and aquariums taking dolphins from the Japanese drive fishery,鈥 .听
聽The Taiji hunt was made famous through the Oscar-winning 2009 documentary . 聽