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October 22, 2009
Director Louie Psihoyos recently debuted the screening of his highly publicized documentary called "The Cove" that aimed at raising awareness of the inhumane capture of dolphins by fishermen in Taiji, Japan. Every winter it's dolphin fishing season, and fishermen flock to the sea to initiate their mass slaughter of the species. Captured by OBarry's candid cameras, the fishermen trick the dolphins into their nets by luring them in with the vibrations of their beating metal poles. Once trapped, the fisherman equip themselves with spears and stab the gentle creatures repeatedly until they finally die. Aside from these practices being highly unethical, dolphin meat consists of dangerous amounts of mercury, that may be hazardous to the consumers it is so haphazardly distributed to. Japan is probably more known for their more publicized mass slaughtering of the whale population; but the 13,000 dolphins that were killed last winter should not be ignored. The documentary allowed for Japanese people to become more aware of the inhumane activity of dolphin fishing through the gorey, explicit footage of fisherman making their murderous jabs at the dolphins, showing the sea slowly turn red with blood. This image has already activated several influential people, like Hollywood's Ben Stiller, into lobbying for the termination of such practices after the documentary's debut at the Tokyo Film Festival.
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