The Cove

I haven't yet seen The Cove, the award winning documentary about Taiji, the Japanese fishing village that annually slaughters tens of thousands of dolphins for no apparent reason other than to pass off mercury-laced dolphin meat as whale meat to unsuspecting Japanese.

Whatever the reason, the unlikely determination of one man has brought these killings to the attention of the world and for now succeeded in stopping the slaughter in its tracks.

From the Kansas City Star...

The spiritual guru of this real-life “Ocean’s Eleven” — and the hero of this film — is Ric O’Barry, who as a young man captured, trained and for several years lived with the five female dolphins who portrayed TV’s “Flipper.” Over the decades, O’Barry has evolved into an outspoken opponent of holding large sea mammals in captivity.

“I spent 10 years building that industry up and the last 30 trying to tear it down,” he says.

A recent update from NPR...