The Cove

[spetses]

I did a search and didn’t find anything on the forums regarding this movie / documentary and thought you all may be interested. It’s won so many audience awards around the world. The links below are for the official website.
The Cove Movie: Freediving
The Cove Movie: Welcome
Has anyone seen it?

 

[JennyWren]

I saw it, it was very inspiring, and a great film.

 

[monkeyhatfork]

the dvd will be out in a few weeks, you can pre-order it now on amazon, great movie, also the end of the line documentary is coming on dvd i think in feb.

 

[Lil Dragonfly]

Well I finally got to see it

Question about the dolphin killing: is it an actual conservation issue (i.e. the dolphin population is being overly effected)? Or is it just an animal rights issue?

As for the people getting mercury poisoning from eating the "whale" meat, I can relate. I have mercury poisoning myself.

 

[octopus]

I saw it - I think it is good film to see.

 

[monkeyhatfork]

other villages in japan that used to hunt dolphins wiped them out completely but yeah its an animal rights issue, this is one of the most inteligent creature on earth and should not be scapegoated for japans horribly irresponsible fisheries policy which is wiping out oceans world wide

 

[ThomasB]

other villages in japan that used to hunt dolphins wiped them out completely but yeah its an animal rights issue, this is one of the most inteligent creature on earth and should not be scapegoated for japans horribly irresponsible fisheries policy which is wiping out oceans world wide

I saw the movie and i think it's a damn good documentary.
On a side note, even if i believe japanise people have the right to know what they are eating and how it is killed and how much mercury that very meat contains (which is one of the purpose of the documentary itself), i cannot help but finding "superficial" at least some people approach to fishing and hunting which can be translated as:

nice intelligent dolphin = cannot be killed

ugly silly tuna = can be killed

As if the right to live of an animal should be measured by human approach to his beauty/perceived intelligence...

 

[monkeyhatfork]

yea but japan is one of the main culprits leading to extinction of tuna as well. The treatment of the oceans worldwide is insane and is not being effectively regulated by anyone (except possibly new zealand and maybe alaska to a degree). I'm a bleading heart vegetarian so I don't want to kill anything, but vegi or not you have to be a truly awful human being to kill a dolphin I'm not gonna get too self righteous here on the japan subject cause I know as we speak many dolphins are dying off the coast of the U.S. from the BP oil spill, I went to Graduate school in Louisiana and often swam at grande isle and there were always huge pods of dolphins swimming with us, I can't imagine they are doing very well now. If you like The Cove also check out The End Of The Line and Sharkwater

 

[octopus]

You can join now the group on FB and donate to the cause - should you wish to do so.

"The Cove" - Save Japan Dolphins | causes.com