Last night I watched "The Cove", a documentary on the dolphin slaughters in Japan. The movie was amazing yet very, very sad. From September to March Japanese fishermen scare dolphins into the perfect cove. They then separate them from their babies with nets. The next day, trainers arrive and pick the dolphins that look pretty enough to become performers. The remaining dolphins are corralled to a cove unseen by curious onlookers and are slaughtered. ---For meat which happens to have toxic levels of mercury and should not be eaten. Sadly this meat is sold as tuna. It's horrible. But it's happening. Not just in Japan but also in Norway.
Until I watched the movie, I didn't think something so horrible could happen. I thought animal cruelty groups wouldn't allow slaughtering to occur. It seems dolphins aren't really protected and/or the Japanese are able to find loop holes in the system. It wouldn't be so easy for them to do if more people knew exactly what they were up to. If you haven't seen "The Cove", you should rent it. And then tell others to watch it too.
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