The Cove

[Demihn Inferat Anssi Kelail]

I watched this documentary/film about a place in Taiji, Japan, where the fishermen lure in Dolphins (babies and all) into a place called "The Cove" and then place a net surrounding the open water so they cannot escape. They then go on and search for any and all Bottlenose Dolphins they deem "suitable as flipper", and train them (for places like marineland/ seaworld). Now i'm sure your thinking, they let all the other dolphins go back to freedom, right? Very wrong . . . very wrong indeed. The next morning they go out with their staves and spears, in their filthy little motorboats, and stab and slice every last one, over and over and over until the water is a thick red with blood. Now dolphins are consciously aware and highly intelligent (the smartest animal in the world, in some aspects more intelligent than us flawed humans). So the night leading to the slaughter they can anticipate whats going to happen to them and their families. Now if you went to a water show in Taiji, you could watch a captive, stressed out, depressed, dying  dolphin perform circus tricks for you while you eat it's dead cousin. (Seriously, they sell and package dolphin meat). Besides the obvious horrors of it all, what makes eating dolphin meat more disgusting than the latter is, it's absolutely loaded with mercury (which wont dissolve when cooked).  The safe amount of mercury that can be consumed is measured in (parts per million, ppm). The general safe amount is generally 0 - 1.0 ppm, and how much does dolphin meat contain? 2000ppm!!!! They were serving dolphin meat at the local school cafeteria, and it's mandatory to eat what's on the menu!!!! If you went to this little town you'd think they loved Cetaceans because of all the happy whale and dolphin themes. The IWC knows this is happening and still does nothing. Every breathe of a Dolphin is a conscious decision to live, and when livin' gets too tough they can literally commit suicide, which is what one of the original 8 dolphins playing flipper did. Kathy swam into Ric O'Barry's arms, looked at him and willingly stopped breathing. Hes now a hardcore activist (old though he may be) still a righteous man. All and any Orcas and Cetaceans use advanced echolocation and sonar to communicate, so when their performing tricks for a screaming, bustling crowd, in a loud confined area, their in sheer agony and often develop a whole slew of serious health problems (ulcers, pyschosis also called zoochotic behaviour or "prison neurosis", collapsed dorsal fins, broken teeth, self mutilation, vomiting, suicide attempts, medicinal dependencies, unusual illnesses and the most common, accelerated death. I've always been appalled at places such as Marine Land and Sea World, or any place that holds a wild born, majestic mammal captive for their greed. So think twice before you go to any marine park. If you watch The Cove I know you'll feel like I do, although i'm an animal lover in general. I wish people would smarten up with Nature, nothing has an endless supply, so what will these bastard companies and corporations exploit when all they've gotten rich off of is extinct? To date, we have explored less than five percent of the ocean, yet were planning to colonize mars, seriously? Much remains to be learned from exploring the mysteries of the deep. The ocean is the lifeblood of Earth, covering more than 70 percent of the planet's surface, driving weather, regulating temperature, and ultimately supporting all living organisms, and mercury levels just keep rising from pollution, certain marine life keeps coming closer and closer to extinction. Orcas and Cetaceans are regulators, not pests. What is wrong with this world? I find it hard to live with something I don't understand.

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We all know why they do this... [spoiler][/spoiler]