My love of dolphins has been lifelong. I don’t remember when it started, but I know it has never ended.
I do remember visiting Sea World and coming home with a dolphin mobile that hung over my bed from the time I was 5 until I headed off to college. There is something dreamy, graceful and mesmerizing about these animals and their extreme intelligence is without question.
So when I heard about the documentary “The Cove” I was caught between that feeling of “I must see this” and “oh, I don’t want to see this…” Well, I watched it… and it is absolutely haunting.
Richard O’Barry, Louie Psihoyos and their team uncover the killing of these beautiful and intelligent animals in a closely guarded and shielded cove in Taiji, Japan. Each day, they are driven into the cove where the most visually-appealing dolphins are selected and sold to marine and aquatic parks, and the others are brutally and inhumanely slaughtered for their meat (meat that is passed off as expensive whale meat and sold for a premium price, and because of dolphins’ place in the food chain, contains extraordinary levels of mercury). Take a look…
There are so many points of this story that just sicken me. From the capture of these animals to turn them into “entertainers”, to the inhuman killings, to feeding unknowing consumers and school children(!) toxic food… it’s despicable.
As pointed out by the film, the 70’s had a massive movement to “Save the Whales”… now is the time to “Save the Dolphins”…
Please take time to see this documentary.
And if you’re like me and you want to do something, please go to TakePart… and help us make a change and stop the killing…