In 1990, however, the practice caused an international uproar when the Hawaii-based private conservation group Earthtrust (formerly "Save the Whales") caught the "slaughter" of dolphins by the people of Shakang on film, and got it broadcast in the US.
直到民間保育團體「信任地球」（EarthTrust，前身是「拯救鯨魚」）將他們在一九九○年拍攝沙港人如何「屠殺」海豚的紀錄片，透過夏威夷總部在美國電視網播出，才引起了國際的注意。