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The Cove (a documentary)

Posted by townsend on September 5, 2009 at 12:58:13:
As usual, this movie has slipped into the arthouse theaters, only to disappear after a short run of ~two weeks.

I think it is one of the best documentaries I've seen, and was well received by film critics, garnering 95% on the tomatometer: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1208882-cove/

The main character is Ric O'Barry, who was the dolphin trainer on the TV series Flipper. Having learned firsthand that captivity is detrimental to dolphins, O'Barry has become a crusader in seeking to undo "the dolphin industry," which began w/ the spotlight created by the TV show and eventually culminated in the creation of numerous dolphins parks and seaworlds around the world.

Almost all the captive dolphins come from an annual "dolphin harvest" at Taiji, Japan, where a captive dolphin can fetch up to $150,000 each, and the rest of the dolphins are slaughtered in a "no longer" secret cove, with their meat being sold and repackaged as "whale" meat around the world . . . with insanely high and unsafe mercury levels.

This is an extremely important movie that brims with suspense. Highly entertaining and educational, whether seen at the theater or in rental, and if so inclined, please visit www.takepart.com/thecove and sign a petition.

No sugar coating here . . .