Movies | August 10, 2009 | 19 comments

"COVE" Movie Hopes to End Japans Dolphin Hunt

source: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/090810-cove-movie-dolphins-ngm.html

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Many have heard of the popular Japanese Whalers who kill whales in the name of "Scientific Purpose", but these Japanese fishermen are open about what their intentions are: and that is to kill dolphins.


"Every year on the first of September, in a small town called Taiji on the southeast coast of Japan's Honshu Island, a new fishing season begins: the dolphin season.

Twenty-six fishermen in 13 boats corral a few dozen dolphins into a small cove, where they kill the animals by stabbing them repeatedly with long harpoons and knives. The 50-square-foot (4.6-square-meter) inlet turns crimson, as if filled only with blood.

In the course of a six-month season, fishermen kill roughly 2,000 dolphins and sell the meat to local supermarkets for about U.S. $500 a dolphin. "




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19 comments // "COVE" Movie Hopes to End Japans Dolphin Hunt

  • DanPersons
  • biggranny
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      biggranny  

    • we used to think the world was flat too. not everything in a culture is good. cows,chickens dolphins,whales are all slaughtered for consumption. flicka is not for dinner ok

    • 2 years ago
  • bertkamp
  • TheJerryMadden
  • Denica_Cassandra
  • anglcazn
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      anglcazn  

    • Rarely, and I mean RARELY, do I ever agree with someone who has a history or is affiliated with Green Peace, PETA, etc., but I have to say that I will at least give my verbal agreement and begin writing to politicians (like they'll listen, but they will if there are enough people voicing their concern).

    • 2 years ago
  • seanalyn
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      seanalyn  

    • And this is different from over harvesting salmon, sturgeon and other fish in the US how? Thats also messing up the food chain quite a bit.

      I guess just the cute smart animals that get saved...besides "save the sturgeon" doesnt quite roll off your tounge like "save the dolphins." I just want to know if these film makers have taken an honest look at the over harvesting done on our own soil and the food that they consume or if its all about pointing fingers at others.

    • 2 years ago
  • bombastinator
  • TenGig
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      TenGig  
    • seanalyn:

      Maybe we should make this one film maker save every endangered species in the ocean?

      Arguments like yours are retarded. These types of films take lots of time and money. The film maker chose these dolphins as his cause for this film. Maybe your energy would be better spent trying to convince a different filmmaker to take up your cause. Maybe, if you feel so strongly about it that you have to criticize other conservation efforts, you should do it yourself. ... but oh ...it's just a lot easier to complain about it than actually do something.

    • 2 years ago
  • TheJerryMadden
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      TheJerryMadden  
    • seanalyn:

      i've seen several films regarding
      the issues with animals
      in the states.

      i've also seen
      films regarding-
      human rights,
      global warming,
      katrina,
      the homeless epidemic,
      trash in space,
      healthcare,
      darfur,
      the bush administration,
      water shortage,
      arctic wildlife refuge,
      the lost apes of the congo,
      &
      a billion more films.
      ALL of which are
      efforts in informing
      individuals of the
      MANY issues of the world.

      hmmmmmmmm. . . . .

    • 2 years ago
  • seanalyn
    • 0
      seanalyn  
    • seanalyn:

      I think you missed the point entirely and thanks for throwing insults, real nice. Im not asking the filmmaker to save every species, Im asking if they are giving a balanced look both at the culture harvesting the dolphins and their own cultural consumptions or a biased view like many "documentaries" do. Unfortunately from what Ive seen and read on this film it seems less like a documentary and more like a propaganda piece that might do more damage than good.

      Also I never said I feel strongly about conservation efforts, I just feel strongly about being balanced and fair and not blaming one culture without taking a good hard look at your own actions. If I was out there preaching to save the whales then yeah, I should do something about what is going on in my own backyard and my own life because I dont believe in holding the value of one animals life above another.

    • 2 years ago
  • Prijedor
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      Prijedor  

    • Thanks for the business idea, even better then crab fishing, I would of had to catch a million crabs to make the some money as a little over a thousand dolphins that I needed to catch to get the same money.... thats a lot of crabs....

    • 2 years ago
  • Ihatethemall
  • TheJerryMadden
    • 0
      TheJerryMadden  
    • Ihatethemall:

      i have visited a slaughterhouse
      a few times before,

      but you cannot say that
      wild, nearly endagered dolphins are the
      same as cows, or any farm animal for that matter..

      killing these animals
      devastates the ocean, &
      is assisting the slow genocide
      of a highly intellegent creature.

    • 2 years ago
  • Ihatethemall
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      Ihatethemall  
    • Ihatethemall:

      Don't get me wrong man. I think it's sick. I am all for Paul Watson and saving the wales. I watch that show all the time and I hope he succeeds in his quest to keep the japs from killing the whales. I also think these people should be stopped. I'm just saying that as far as looks go, it's no differant. I also did not know that the dolphins were in any serious trouble with their population numbers

    • 2 years ago
  • sirpaulmcdarkney
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      sirpaulmcdarkney  
    • Ihatethemall:

      I have to agree with you both. It's not VEry different from a slaughterhouse scenario except for the fact that killing large numbers of dolphins also effects the food chain dramatically, which in turn means bad news for us. It's not as if the ecology isn't delicate as it is... Damn!

    • 2 years ago
  • JoshSomething
  • Ihatethemall
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      Ihatethemall  

    • Is this really any worse than the floors of the slaughterhouses in our country.
      Yes, it looks bad but if you saw the killing floors at the meat houses you might not ever want to eat meat again.
      I used to haul meat out of the slaughter houses for cattle and fowl. Its a nasty site. I don't know how people work there. I quit hauling refridgerated products just because of it.

    • 2 years ago
  • xiola
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