Dear people of Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture,

I hope this letter will be accepted in the spirit it was written, with a deep respect for the Japanese people.

I do not wish to attack Taiji, nor its people. I write this in the hope that I can explain why I feel the way I do about dolphins. I reach out with respect to a country that possesses a far different culture to my own in the hope that I might reach some common ground.