TOKYO: The US ambassador to Japan should visit Taiji to see the “humane” killing methods used in the dolphin hunt, a local fisheries official said Tuesday, days after Caroline Kennedy tweeted her disapproval of the slaughter.

His comments came as campaigners watching the hunt said the killing was under way, adding that the waters of the cove were red with the dolphins’ blood.

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