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Italy Inspects Dolphin Meat Claim

Journalist served salad with "dried dolphin filet."

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A secret video captured by a journalist from Italia Uno at a restaurant in the city of Civitavecchia has prompted an investigation into Italian eateries serving dolphin meat. Footage from the video allegedly shows a salad sprinkled with sliced flakes of dried dolphin filet. According to the journalist, customers order dolphin meat (which isn't listed on the menu) using the code word: “black.” While dolphins are illegal, Italian fishing boats have apparently outsmarted the police—cutting off the fins and head of dolphins once they're caught so they appear to be sharks.

Read it at The Guardian

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