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I watched the Cove last night. As you may know, I am not bashful about the causes that I care about. As a result I tend to get pretty fired up when something tugs on my heart strings.
The movie takes place in Taiji Japan. OPS put together an amazing team to get this documentary going. As the film progresses you start to realize how much cover up there is behind the dolphin killings. Basically the team has to sneak into various locations and set up hidden HD cameras. Once this is done they are able to go back a couple days later to recover the tapes.
When you actually see what goes on in the cove, it’s disgusting. Hundreds of dolphins are killed by harpoon. You watch the water turn red as the dolphins drown from not being able to stay at the surface. The images of a blood red ocean are chilling and something that you can’t ignore.
I will be posting more information about the movie and the issue later this week. If you have any comments or information please feel free to leave a comment on this post.
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Saw “the Cove” and was hella touched. Seriously… tugged at every heart-string I’ve ever had and left me really really wishing I could do more than donate money to their cause to end this horrendous abuse.
…then I started to think… why is it that we watch a movie like this about dolphins and have this incredible response… but then we let it happen to thousands of cows, chickens, and pigs every day in our own country?? And we not only let it happen, we encourage it by buying the meat from processing facilities in our grocery store and restaurants day in and day out?
I’m by NO means trying to defend what’s going on in Japan, but if we ATE dolphin would we have as much trouble with what’s going on as they do?
Sorry… I just really personally struggle with the fact that I’m heartbroken while watching this film (and rightly so) and yet do so while eating a chicken sandwich, in which the chicken was just as inhumanely killed.
Just my thoughts… but yes, definitely a film everyone should see… period.
Kc, I always can expect good comments from you. Even when I don’t want to stay in denial.
The same thought crossed my mind. Having tried the veggie life a couple times, I always gave up because of one reason or another. The argument could be made (and is) that dolphins and whales have a higher level of self awareness, but I don’t think that excuse can hold up to much.
I take issue in particular with the way the dolphins are killed. Herding migrating animals into a cove and slaughtering them sits differently (notice not worse) with me than the way cattle farms are run in the US.