The Cove: Ecothriller not to be missed
One of my fave webzines Elephant Journal just posted details about an upcoming ‘ecothriller’ by the name of The Cove that is generating quite a bit of interest for both it’s subject matter as well as it winning several awards at the Sundance Film Festival.
Here’s the trailer for the film…
The movie is described as “an intelligent/action/ adventure / Ocean’s Eleven-like horror film wrapped around a tale of redemption and ultimate revenge – oh, and it’s a documentary.”
If your heart and stomach can take it, please check out this video on the dolphin slaughter. Pretty horrifying.
So what can you do if this mistreatment upsets you and if you believe in conservation efforts?
Please send a message to the Japanese Embassy, asking to stop the dolphin drive hunt and prohibit the sale of mercury-contaminated dolphin meat:
Embassy of Japan in Washington D.C.
Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki
2520 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington D.C. 20008-2869
Tel: (202) 238-6700,
Fax: 202-328-2187
Write to other Japanese Embassies and Consulates around the world. Here’s a list of all of them….
http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/mofaserv.html
Reduce demand for dolphin parks.
-Do not buy a ticket to an amusement park that has dolphins.
-Do not buy a ticket to a swim with dolphin program.
-Do not buy a ticket to a program that claims to use dolphins for assisted therapy.
-Do not stay at hotels or resorts that feature swim with dolphin activities.
-Educate your friends to do the same and it will reduce the demand,. It worked with ivory and blood diamonds and it can work with the trafficking of dolphins.
Eat only sustainable clean seafood.
Good fish
Arctic Char
Barramundi
Catfish
Clams
Cod (Pacific)
Crab (Dungeness, Stone)
Halibut
Herring
Lobster (Spiny)
Mahi mahi (US)
Mussels
Oysters
Pollock
Salmon (Alaska wild)
Sardines
Scallops
Squid
Sturgeon (farmed)
Tilapia
trout
Bad fish
Chilean Seabass
Cod (Atlantic)
Crab (King)
Flounder
Groupers
Halibut
Lobster (Caribbean)
Mahi mahi (Imported)
Marlin
Monkfish
Orange Roughy
Rockfish
Salmon (farmed, including Atlantic)
Shark
Shrimp (imported farmed or wild)
Snapper (red)
Sturgeon (imported, wild)
Swordfish
Tuna
Walleye pike
Yellowtail
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I have posted about this in my own blog. Many thanks for the heads up that the documentary was finished.