By Tim Saunders on
Pierce and Keely Brosnan have blogged about a new investigative documentary film about a picturesque cove on the Japanese coast where dolphins are routinely slaughtered.
“There is a cove in Taiji, Japan that is completely off limits to the public,” wrote the couple on the Take Part website “Activists have long suspected that dolphins and porpoises were entering the cove and not coming out, but there was little evidence of what took place in those closely guarded waters. Film director Louie Psihoyos and prominent dolphin advocate Ric O’Barry assembled a team of activists, divers and special effects experts to embark a on covert mission to infiltrate the cove in the dead of night. It sounds like the plot of a Hollywood spy thriller; but in this film the danger is real.”
The Cove has won over 12 major international awards, and documents the annual killing of more than 23,000 dolphins in at Taiji.
“We have long been passionate about marine mammal protection,” wrote Brosnan. “After watching The Cove, we were astonished to discover that more than 20,000 dolphins and porpoises are slaughtered in Japan each year, and that their meat — which contains toxic levels of mercury — is sold to consumers and in grocery stores across Japan. Without this kind of investigative journalism, the plight of dolphins and the safety of some of Japan’s seafood may not have been adequately reported. This powerful and moving film is an urgent cry for help — and now that the public finally knows the truth, we must demand change.”
To find out more about the film and help in the fight to stop the slaughter, click here.
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