Activists arrested after obstructing dolphin show in western Japan

Two activists were arrested Sunday on suspicion of obstructing a dolphin show by diving into a pool during the performance at a zoological theme park in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, police said.Petrus Johannes Martinus Janssen, a 32-year-old Dutch national, was engaged in monitoring the hunting of dolphins in Taiji, a well-known whaling town in the prefecture, for about a week from Oct. 11, the police said.Janssen then briefly left Wakayama. He returned on Saturday, bringing with him Kirsten De Kimpe, a 23-year-old Belgian national.According to the police, the two were allegedly watc…READ FULL ARTICLE