In the year 2009, a documentary film titled, The Cove by director Louie Psihoyos, was released covering the actions of an elite team of filmmakers, and activist as they capture the events of their operation to expose the truth about the Taiji, Japan’ dolphin slaughter. This is a yearly event that takes place at the beginning of September and takes course over a course of months, where fisherman from the area corral dolphins into a small enclosed area. When this happens the fisherman allow parks, like Sea World, to choose out desired dolphins, usually bottlenose, to take for shows and entertainment. For the remaining dolphins, the ones not considered desirable, they are killed for their meat.
The filmmakers and activist, argue that the dolphin …show more content…
I agree completely with the filmmakers that there are moral and ethical problems with this event. However, America has its own unethical practices with our own food animals that need to be fixed. I also agree that dolphins are shown to have some higher intelligence, but I do not think that is enough of a reason or a persuasive argument to stop the event. In every country there are animals that are considered more intelligent and special then others. For example, India has cows, and America has dogs and cats. In other countries these animals are seen just as food animals, and something to sustain life in their country. I feel that is a bit hypocritical because we also do the same thing to pigs even though they are considered highly intelligent animals with the ability to think. As for the argument about mercury poisoning, I believe that is a major concern. The filmmakers, however, do not offer enough evidence that there is an issue in Taiji, Japan. It weakens their argument and makes it seem like they didn’t have anything to support it. The biggest counterargument I feel I could run into is, that America itself has problems with the way we treat the animals we use for food. I also feel that I will run into the argument about mercury poisoning since the filmmakers do not offer much in the way of …show more content…
In article published in May of 2015, by the National Geographic, Joshua Foer discusses the different studies and observations of dolphins that have gone on over the years. One study he mentions, is the ability to teach dolphins to understand sign language and react accordingly to what is stated. For example, the trainer tells one dolphin to do something that in synch with another, and to come up with it on their own. The dolphin swims underwater and starts to communicate with its friend. After as bit of back and forth the dolphins are shown to come up of a routine all on their own in complete synchronization. Another example given is the relative of the size of the dolphin brain when compared to their bodies. They are shown to have a larger brain pound to pound when compared to certain primates. From scans of their brain the process from the different parts of their neocortex both visually and auditory level. Their reactions due to this are shown to be based on emotional and thought out response, to the events that
The filmmakers and activist, argue that the dolphin …show more content…
I agree completely with the filmmakers that there are moral and ethical problems with this event. However, America has its own unethical practices with our own food animals that need to be fixed. I also agree that dolphins are shown to have some higher intelligence, but I do not think that is enough of a reason or a persuasive argument to stop the event. In every country there are animals that are considered more intelligent and special then others. For example, India has cows, and America has dogs and cats. In other countries these animals are seen just as food animals, and something to sustain life in their country. I feel that is a bit hypocritical because we also do the same thing to pigs even though they are considered highly intelligent animals with the ability to think. As for the argument about mercury poisoning, I believe that is a major concern. The filmmakers, however, do not offer enough evidence that there is an issue in Taiji, Japan. It weakens their argument and makes it seem like they didn’t have anything to support it. The biggest counterargument I feel I could run into is, that America itself has problems with the way we treat the animals we use for food. I also feel that I will run into the argument about mercury poisoning since the filmmakers do not offer much in the way of …show more content…
In article published in May of 2015, by the National Geographic, Joshua Foer discusses the different studies and observations of dolphins that have gone on over the years. One study he mentions, is the ability to teach dolphins to understand sign language and react accordingly to what is stated. For example, the trainer tells one dolphin to do something that in synch with another, and to come up with it on their own. The dolphin swims underwater and starts to communicate with its friend. After as bit of back and forth the dolphins are shown to come up of a routine all on their own in complete synchronization. Another example given is the relative of the size of the dolphin brain when compared to their bodies. They are shown to have a larger brain pound to pound when compared to certain primates. From scans of their brain the process from the different parts of their neocortex both visually and auditory level. Their reactions due to this are shown to be based on emotional and thought out response, to the events that