Video will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto playA mother dolphin tried desperately to save her calf from Japanese hunters who planned to sell the animals to aquariums, according to activists. The video, taken by volunteer Liz Carter, shows a group of divers trying to wrestle a dolphin away from its pod, Daily Mail reports. A larger dolphin swims beside the hunters and tries to get them to let go of the calf. Hunters have taken part in the annual Taiji Dolphin Drive between September and March since 1969. But, numbers of dolphins taken during the hunt have decreased over the last decade.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 31, 2017 01:54 UTC