The Cove

I just spent the last two and half hours being enlightened. Documentaries can be difficult to watch because everything is one sided. A point is trying to be made, so the information you get is pushed at you in a way that makes you feel overwhelmed. I love documentaries, and documentary film making. However, this is the first documentary I have seen in a long time that leaves the the opposing sides in the dust, and focuses on a problem that desperately needs to be solved. "The Cove" is a documentary that was put together by a REALLY brave group of activists and scientists geared towards putting a stop to the dolphin slaughter in Japan. Whaling is illegal in Japan, fortunately for them dolphins are not considered whales ( but biologically they are small whales). They kill over 23,000 dolphins a year by herding them into a blind cove and murdering them with harpoons. Thats all I can call it, murder. It is very hard to watch, but the more information and knowledge we have, the better chance we have at stopping this awful yearly travesty. Ric O'beary (pictured above) was the trainer of the beloved "Flipper" in the 60's. After everything he saw and experienced as a trainer, he realized these intelligent animals are not meant for captivity, and has been setting dolphins free all over the world ever since. This post is strictly about awareness. There are so many causes in our world that makes us shut our eyes and shake our heads. Sometimes we feel useless and lazy because we can't seem to even attempt to try and fix these things that makes us sick to our stomachs. If I could I would be out there in those waters with cameras, risking it all for something to improve this ignorant population of ours. Maybe one day I will be, but for now, what makes me feel better is writing this blog on my couch and hoping that someone will see it and get curious enough to watch the movie. Knowledge is power.


http://www.takepart.com/thecove/