A dolphin massacre

**pomtzu** · 09-14-2010, 05:22 PM

Yes - it was on here a few weeks ago - on NatGeo I think. It was very upsetting to watch, and thru all his efforts, the slaughter went on anyway. The ariel view of The Cove - bright red water on one side, and beautiful clear blue for bathers on the other side - what a terrible sight. O'Barry and his son work together on this, and they said at the end of the show, that they were headed for a different location next - one just as horrible as The Cove I would presume.
Killing those dolphins was bad enough, but to see the treatment of them after they were dead, was just as bad. The sad part - it's all legal in Taiji.

ETA: It aired as Blood Dolphins and it was on Animal Planet. There was one on Sept 3 - Solomon Islands/Part1, but I missed that one, and Solomon Islands/Part 2 airs this Friday, Sept 17 at 9 p.m. Eastern time on Animal Planet, if anyone might be interested.

**kitten645** · 09-16-2010, 11:50 PM

I watched it in tears as well. My brother was planning on having my nephews bday at Marine World because they have the Thomas the Train licence (Logans FAVORITE!) Brother saw the documentary and called to tell everyone it was off. I watched it and will never support "Seaworld" type parks again.
Claudia

**blue** · 09-18-2010, 01:22 AM

Im almost done watching this. The argument from the Japanese .gov that the dolphins are eating to much fish may be valid, but not valid enough to hunt dolphins out of existence.

I have said on here that I would eat whale meat if was ethically and traditionally taken, my stance on that hasnt changed. What I have learned about the mercury levels in dolphin meat I would not partake, unless it was an extreme circumstance.

**blue** · 09-18-2010, 01:49 AM

First off, if Rick O'Barry feels he started this good for him for taking the initiative to stop it. Im not sure he started the problem, but damn glad he is trying to do anything he can to stop it. In fact if it werent for Flipper the Japanese would probably still be doing this without us being any the wiser.

The last few minutes with the Japanese representative saying he was proud of the improvements in the killing process and the collection of data reminded me of what I learned at the Holocaust Museum in DC. That disgusted me the most.

Hunting and fishing I have no problem with. What I saw in this documentary was not hunting or fishing. That was wholesale exploitation and slaughter, if my definitions of either are wrong please correct me.

This another part of Japanese culture that disgusts me but I am still fascinated by it and want to visit there and learn their language. They need to learn to hunt/fish for sustainability.

While I wasnt left in tears by this movie the last 15 minutes are pretty rough.

**blue** · 09-18-2010, 03:19 AM

I just thought of something and now I have to watch this again. Did the director inflect her/his opinion into the film? Yes the film was made to document what has been happening but did the director skew the filming one way or the other?

Initially I dont think so. I think it was a documentary about a man who is trying to right a wrong he thinks he caused. I dont think he caused the atrocities we saw in the film. The message could have been made without the DBag Captain of the Sea Shepherd.