I watched the documentary, "the Cove" tonight. This film documents the horrific treatment and killing of dolphins. I am rarely affected by activist movements the way I was by this one (not that I don't care about anything...I just don't care about anything that much). I have a particular love, however, for the ocean and dolphins. I grew up surfing in Southern California and one of my favorite things to experience is seeing a dolphin in the wild. They are truly amazing creatures and they are being slaughtered by a Japanese fishing company in Taiji, Japan (and all over the world) for no good reason. The saddest part of the whole thing is that there isn't really much that can be done. I feel that I at least have a small obligation to raise awareness even a little bit. There is currently a letter that you can sign online at http://bit.ly/coverltr that urges government leaders to ban the slaughtering of dolphins in Taiji. Who knows what will come of such a small contribution but it's the very least we can do. Thanks for reading. Oh yeah, you should watch the documentary and if you don't like it I'll give you a million dollars.
You're the second person that has told me to watch it, the first being my brother, so I guess I better find it. We kayaked out to the channel islands last week and the coolest part may have been the pod of dolphins that swam with us for ten or fifteen minutes. They were literally jumping all around us and between our kayaks. It was epic.
ReplyDeletewhat! thats so rad. you paddled all the way out? how far was it?
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