This is sort of random. But I just wanted to tell everyone about a movie I just saw. It is extremely interesting and I think it is something everyone should try to see. It is a very true documentary on the slaughtering of dolphins in Japan. It talks about a small town called Taiji with a big secret. Taiji has hidden coves where they lure dolphins everyday. They then kill those dolphins or sell them to aquariums or Seaworlds across the world. It changed my view on animals and fishing. It is mind boggling that they kill so many dolphins everyday. People are not allowed to take pictures or even enter these secret coves. They are kept completely secret. The only people that know about this problem are the fisherman, the government, and the police. The fisherman don't even understand what they are doing. They have been told that they need to kill the dolphins because the dolphins are eating all the fish. Japan's ruthless killing used to be a problem with whales and people were able to stop that. If we spread word of this we can stop the slaughter of dolphins forever. Please try to watch the movie or atleast look at the website. This is a big problem that needs to stopped.
This is the link to its website. Here
You can also go here to help stop the killing. Here
River dolphins are very badly endangered. The Yangtze River dolphin now appears to be extinct. Pesticides, heavy metals, plastic, and littering in general is a large factor in the decreasing number of these species. Of course, accidents happen with boats and propellers but this is not common. As John said, in Japan they are considered to be food, which creates a large slaughter of dolphins.
ReplyDeleteThis is like what is also happening to sharks. I remember in 8th grade, for English we had extra credit to see a movie about how sharks were endangered in Asia and South America because people were using just the fins and throwing away the rest of the shark corpse, sometimes leaving the shark just barely alive and bleeding to death. Its horrible what people will do to make money, even killing and mangling creatures.
ReplyDeleteThis is very interesting i have never heard about this terrible action that is going on. The picture you used really shows how awful it is to kill the dolphins, which are extremely cool animals and which are very smart. I definitely will try to watch this movie because i am very against to slaughtering harmless dolphins.
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