The Cove

this beautiful intelligent creatures, DOLPHINS, are suppose to be free and alive, sadly dear friends, they are killed, in just one place, Taijii, in Japan, 23 THOUSAND dolphins are killed a year, in just that ONE place, ONE cove!

HOW CRUEL CAN PEOPLE GET!

Dolphins are affectionate, so much like a person, there are numerous stories of dolphins saving people, and being friends to people, like you and me, but, not many of us are doing anything to help this beautiful creatures.

I SAY THE CRUELTY OF THE WORLD SHOULD BE STOPPED.

How?

do to others what you would want them to do to you

I have many friends, many good friends, but sadly, when some drift apart, all you hear in the end is of them judging you and talking behind your back.

I believe, friends are people who have already accepted you for who you are and are proud to say YES HE/SHE IS MY FRIEND, and are honest enough to tell you, LOOK YOU ARE WRONG, BUT ITS OK, WE WILL HELP YOU THROUGH IT UNTIL IT IS RIGHT AGAIN.

I don't know how The Cove made me reach this topic, but I sit hear, writing, because I feel that everyone is being selfish, thinking about money and about education, yes I understand that they are important to survive in this world today, and yes they MAY buy you happiness; but i believe through happiness is when you can be yourself, and die one day knowing that FRIENDS and LOVED ONES will be there at your funeral.

Anyways, watch THE COVE, and feel for this creatures, if you feel that way for them, know that, you should feel the same for people, most important your loved ones. Because, if we do that, if we do that, we will become stronger, and together, we can work and do more things of benefit, together, not alone, but together.

As for adults, you have done all you can do in your youth, let your youth go out there and not regret, look back, if you regret not doing somethings, guess what, by not allowing your youth to do what they want to do, one day, this youth, the same youth you love so much, your love is going to make the youth look back one day, just like you are, and regret!

Youth aren't pushing you away, you are making them push you away! Why not reach out, and instead of saying NO, let them go and experience, or better yet, if it is for the better good, like a protest, or charity, why not, WHY NOT, be there by the youths side and SUPPORT them.

Everything can be debated, but one thing we know for sure is that we have the gift to DECIDE, so decide good, not bad.


ANYWAYS, below is the link and summary of THE COVE, watch, i hope is makes even the hardest hearts melt. Also, think of this, remember the times when you ganged up with your other friends when a good friend wanted to do something different, and you ignored, and made that same friend cry alone, then a few months/years later, you are doing the exact same thing that good friend which you gang up and make cry, why not contact that friend and say sorry for tainting your memories of the past and reconnect, because friends are important, you cannot do much alone, but together, you are stronger.

http://www.thecovemovie.com.au/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1313104/

The Cove begins in Taji, Japan where we first meet former dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry. O'Barry was the man responsible for capturing and training the five dolphins that played Flipper in the international TV sensation. When the cast and crew went away, it was O'Barry who remained on the set, he lived in the famous house on the lake with the dolphins until the shows end. It was here he learned how sensitive, self-aware, and highly intelligent these creatures are, and more importantly how harmful it was to keep them in captivity.

One fateful day his dolphin Katherine, committed suicide in his arms. Every breath a dolphin takes is an intentional, conscience effort, Katherine laid in his arms, took one breath and went under forever. This was the catalyst for Ric O'Barry's journey, to undue what he created, to stop the capture and captivity of dolphins world wide. Sound like a typical "save the whales" boring documentary? This is not your granddaddy's documentary! The Cove unfolds more like a spy thriller than a hug the trees documentary, think James Bond meets Jacques Cousteau .

Ground Zero is Taji, Japan. From the outside the town seems to be devoted to the majestic creatures swimming off it's shores. Statues are erected, boats designed to look like dolphins cruise the shore, and a whale museum is the pinnacle of the town. But in a remote area we find a cove surrounded by barbed wire, keep out signs and security, it is here that the town's dark secret lies.

Every year from September to March, fisherman motivated by the multi billion dollar dolphin trading industry and an underground market for mercury-tainted dolphin meat, gather in this cove for the hunt. How this hunt is conducted is so grossly inhumane and dangerous to human health, that the fishermen go to great lengths, even murder, to keep anyone from seeing it.

Ric O'Barry needed someone who could put together a team to infiltrate the cove. In walks filmmaker Louis Psihoyos and the Ocean Preservation Society. With the local authorities tipped off to the project, the filmmakers put together an Oceans11 style team. The cast of characters include a Hollywood special effects artist, two world champion free divers, an adrenaline junkie, and an electronic expert from the Canadian Air Force.

Their mission: to plant and recover the HD cameras on the cove and under water. To get past guards and police they conducted missions in the middle of the night using diversionary techniques and military grade high definition cameras that picked up on body heat. The husband and wife free diving team placed the cameras under water while the adrenaline junkies scaled the rocky face of the cove to plant the cameras in fake rocks. Several times we see the team seconds away from being caught. Their efforts paid off in a big way, the audience is taken into the cove to see first hand the horrors that happen there. The footage is some of the most powerful imagery I have seen.

This gorilla journalism style of film-making may be what we need to spark the interest of the new generation. I believe this documentary may spawn a new uprising in the "save the whale" movement, starting with shutting down the cove in Taji, Japan. The Cove infiltrated my dreams the night I saw it, that never happens to this jaded Angelino. This film will stay with you and it will make you want to help the cause. 23,000 dolphins are due to be hunted and executed starting in September, what will you do to stop it? The Cove opens in select cities August 7th.