The Cove

if this does not stir you to take - at the minimum - "arm chair action", and click upon the various petitions circulating upon 'change.org' or 'move-on.org' or any of the other protection platforms of our age - you have not yet taken your place as a caring compassionate being with a voice and should definitely rouse yourself and make a difference - quicklyhere these activists have taken a unique stance to be the, 'mission-impossible' agents of protection and changealerting us all of the tragedy occurring every 6 months to the dolphin and small whales traveling their migratory path during their breeding seasons and with their new young - who are mercilessly slaughtered for no-good-reason as usual with the humans vs life on this planet - to the tune of 30 thousand a season dead - is to rouse us to unanimously condemn such inhumanity - all the beings that travel this route will become extinct as has happened in a neighboring cove in japan that did in fact create the extinction of all the species of cetaceans that migrated upon it's path of slaughter years earlierthe film educates us that at the current rate of fishing (mainly by Asia) and exploitation the earth's oceans will be completely 'fished-out' within 40 years - do you realise the impact of this is something we must work to correct immediatelythis will lead to a devastation of our main oceanic Eco-systems, barely understood by science, weather systems, and could conceivably crash our bio-sphere as we wipe-out the oceanic life in the great chain of biodiversity in our oceanic Eco-systemi am not an alarmist, but as a smart person the effects of such a global disaster in real time is worse than any Hollywood disaster film could ever construea wonderful film which had everyone is our house-hold including the intellectual rationalists moving and acting to do something about this senseless slaughter and taking actions to insuring protections of our earth's oceanic lifelucky for us there are many groups dedicated and in place to make international pleas for such protections and changes in how the international communities interact with our earth's oceans and oceanic life - but your voice is needed - it is still all too old-fashioned and not yet working to effect a quick and timely changeplease watch this film and get your friends and families involved - you will be glad you did <3there is a reason these people have won just about every award given to cinemait is good film-making and also will get you moving to make a difference in these intelligent being lives

Most reviews here has pretty much explained what this film is about. I was so excited when my copy came in the mail yesterday. I've wanted to see this film for a long time after hearing so much about it. I watched it practically right away. All I can say is it left me heartbroken for these animals of which I have grown to love-even before this film was made. I am very saddened to know this truth. I will never attend any marine park which puts these loving, peaceful animals into the no-choice position of our entertainment or pleasure for money. The money that comes out of our own pockets. This is a mental torture for these animals. Dolphins in general are very sensitive to sound-especially loud noise. You can imagine what they go through in thise shows. Thousands of people screaming in a stadium is unthinkable for them. Many of them die shortly after being held captive in these tanks due to the noise-they are suffering. The have been ripped away from not only their ocean environment but also their own families and pods. The animals become depressed, they may stop eating and as Rick O Barry explains in the film how the actor Dolphin named, "Cathy" committed a suicide in his arms. He tells us that dolphins are unlike humans in this way that us humans automatically breath for air. But dolphins and whales literally have to make a concious effort to breath.In this film it is also explained how overfishing is effecting this entire planet. Most of our fish comes from Japan. The Japanese are fishing too much, and estimated in 40 years we may see a collapse in the fishery departments. Not just overfishing, but almost every fish in this world right now, salt water or fresh water, contains high toxins of murcury. This murcury is extremely high in Dolphin and Whale. In Taiji, Japan they are killing 23,000 dolphins per year (whales included)from September until March. This is what I call, Red Season. Killing them for food. I call it "Red Season" because of the color of the bay due to all the killings.I think Rick O Barry is doing a great job at what he beleives in-and what I believe in. He is making up for his past and I praise and respect him for that. I honor him and those who help him.If you have a heart, You really should see this film. You'll be glad you did. You will never go to "SeaWorld" again, you may think twice about eating Sushi or your Tuna/Swordfish steak, and will see the world quite differently.Thank you for taking the time to read my review.

... that might arouse all the emotions a human may have will do no more than that for most. I do not condone the murder of any species for any reason including food, but we do no less to our sources of meat. We herd them, corral them, ship them in trucks, let them mill for a day or two in the sloppiest, nastiest, stinking-est of pens and mudholes then march them squealing, mooing and clucking up a ramp to their bloody demise. That doesn't seem to bother most at all. But, if it happens to a smart animal. say a monkey or a porpoise, or an animal we love like a horse or a dog, that becomes a problem. It is okay to kill dumb animals, but not smart ones. I have a problem with that dichotomy. Because it has limited capability, or it isn't pretty, or it doesn't speak English, or it lives somewhere besides our back yard, or we don't keep it for a pet doesn't mean it feels no pain, or it is unaware of its existence, or it doesn't know it is waiting for its doom, or it doesn't know its young are being killed before its very eyes.There are too many ways to eat, too many things to eat, and so many ways to prepare them deliciously that killing an animal, plain or grand, for food is not just unnecessary, it is just wrong. Responsibly and humanely managed animals have provided humans with milk, eggs and cheeses for thousands of years and none of them had to die to feed their owners. That would have been counterproductive. All creatures should be allowed to live peacefully, porpoise included, and not have to worry about losing their long and hopefully enjoyable life to someone's taste for their flesh, stabbed and sliced until the water or pasture or slaughterhouse runs red with their blood, literally wounded to death. That isn't killing. That isn't harvesting. That isn't creating a food source. That is just plain murder.

This Is at one one extremely tummy churning viewing and “A SEAT OF YOUR PANTS ” Bond-style THRILLER” extremely professionally presented with a very daring and scary secret civilian mission to expose and stop annual dolphin slaughter in secret isolated cove in Japan. The man presenting, Ric O’Barry trained the 5 dolphins we all knew as Flipper and he actually is being a quite introspective yet thinking proactively about the numbers of dolphins that have been captured for human entertainment, (the dvd box blurb elaborates) that Ric O’Barry had ‘One fateful day when heartbroken he came to realise that these deeply sensitive, highly intelligent creatures must never be subjected to human captivity again.The rest is a shocking must see eye opener, involving intelligence, bravery, guile and the very best crack team who travel to Japan to THE COVE Shallow water, deep secrets. There are some frames of footage that are so heart rending that they defy description and require tissues nearby.I saw this on BT tv years ago and I had to dig deep to remember enough about it to find it on dvd and so pleased I found it.Oh Gosh! For what it is, it really is a must have documentary, you just will not believe what you are seeing and it certainly leaves a stain on the psyche. Not for the kids before bed.This film is borderline on what can be described as entertainment but it is a documentary of derringer-do rather like the canon of Twin Towers dvds, I think one has to more sit down, be quiet and immerse yourself in the material. Again to call it ‘Great’ which it absolutely is, is hard to equate with the subject matter but if your curiosity is piqued, get this dvd and you will be watching an important film that otherwise may have escaped you. Thoroughly recommended.

I adore dolphins and this report on what is going on in Taji Japan is very good and at the same time so sad. Dolphins are very friendly and intelligent creatures and what the .... Japanese are doing to them is absolutely heartbreaking. The Japanese trap them in nets in side a cove, slaugter them (the dolphins are in great pain; you can hear them crying out) and then to top it off, once the dolphins are dead, there meat is sold to the Japanese people. The meat is not properly identified and the Japanese people who are eating it are unaware that what they are eating have high mercury levels. So this is a double whammy. Disgusting, really.Regards,Maggie Gaines

Very well made these men and women took massive chances being there especially with what they were doing. The way they got some of the footage must have been scary for them I have so much admiration for Rick O'Barry and the others for making this film. The only other thing I can say is 10/10

This is an important film. This should bring about the ultimate demise of the captive dolphin and orca industry as it shows here, they are despicable and cruel in the way these animals are farmed, butchered and a selection are sold to be performers for food in inappropriate and inhumane conditions. Since this film came out, SeaWorld and its ilk have taken a bit of a beating. I sincerely hope this is the film that brings about the demise of the whole sorry business.

This film is superbly made showing the very sad yet brutal business of dolphin sale and murder of the one not needed. During the film one man says that Greenpeace and the WWF know what is happening here yet do nothing. Once you watch this compelling film i am sure you will want to email both to register your disgust at the lack of action they are taking. This is a very sad film, a horrible subject but a film you wont be able to turn off. A need to see film, get it now.