"The Cove"

Have you watched the documentary, "The Cove"?
My sister, Caroline told me all about it. You can learn about it on http://www.savejapandolphins.org/
Honestly, I can't watch it. Dolphins have been my favorite animal since I was a tiny little girl. Something about their intelligence and the heroic stories of wild dolphins saving humans has made them endearing to me. Now I'll never go to Sea World again.

Ric O'Barry was the original trainer of Flipper the dolphin and basically started the commercialization of performing dolphins. He was also there, holding Flipper in his arms, when she committed suicide by choosing to stop breathing after years of miserable, lonely captivity. He is now an avid activist for free, wild dolphins. He has been in jail numerous times as he has spent the last 35 years atoning for the deeds done.

In Taiji Japan, 20,000 dolphins are slaughtered every year for their meat. While this isn't illegal, the killing is horribly inhumane and brutal. The dolphins are herded into a cove where the most attractive are picked out for amusement parks to spend the rest of their lives in captivity. The rest are killed. The killing is so inhumane the cove is heavily guarded, cameras are banned, and it is closed to the media. The water in the lagoon turns dark red with their blood.If you don't have any problem with the killing, you should at least know that the meat they harvest is sold on the street labeled as "whale meat." It contains high, unsafe amounts of mercury. The fisheries are even trying to force their products into the lunches of the elementary schools.

While I am well aware that this isn't the only case of brutality in animal slaughter, it is still wrong. When I heard of this situation, I cried. For an hour. The killing is brutal. The industry is selling poisoness meat. It is completely unncecessary.

Please, if you care even a little bit, take 30 seconds and sign your name and email onto a petition the organization involved in "The Cove" is sending President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Japanese Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/724210624


It would mean a lot to me. And the dolphins.