The Cove is a documentary film (2009) that describes the annual killing of dolphins in a Quasi-National Park, in Japan from an ocean conservationist's view.
The film reveals the fact that 23,000 dolphins and porpoises are killed every year in Japan's whaling industry, which is way more than the number reported by Japanese Government. An anecdotal evidence presented in the movie stated most Japanese turn a blind eye to dolphin meat. To devote the truth O'Barry, Psihoyos and his crew arrived a glistening cove, surrounding by barbed wire and “Keep Out” signs, with underwater microphones and high-definition cameras camouflaged as rocks. The migrating dolphins are trapped into the cove, where they are netted and wiped out by spears and knives …show more content…
In history, there are many stories that dolphins saving the lives of humans. Dave Rastovich, the Co-Founder of Cetaceans, was rescued by a dolphin in the east coast of Australia. He was surfing while a tiger shark appeared on the surface of the next wave. The shark, which was two meters away from Dave, was ready to attack. Fortunately, a dolphin T-boned and pushed it away from Dave. Another talking head in "The Cove", Mandy-Rae Cruickshank, who is a world class freedivers, describe her experience swimming with a whale and dolphins as the most incredible things ever in her life. With all these sharing, isn't the connection between dolphins and human noticeable? There is no reason that we can still agree on hunting minke whales. What is more, dolphins are smart. They understand how to manipulate situations, relate to people and how to create innovatively. A video even shows a dolphin create bubbles using its blowhole without anyone teaching. With all those research done by scientists, stated dolphins can be more intelligence than the human being, are already enough to prove that we have to take care them. Therefore, why do we, still, allow Japanese to hunt them?
“The Cove” is food for thoughts to many people. Be you an environmentalist, dolphin-lovers or just looking for something to watch, this documentary should be your first choices. Not only providing the audience with the suspense of a caper movie, but also muckraking the fishermen in Taiji.
The film reveals the fact that 23,000 dolphins and porpoises are killed every year in Japan's whaling industry, which is way more than the number reported by Japanese Government. An anecdotal evidence presented in the movie stated most Japanese turn a blind eye to dolphin meat. To devote the truth O'Barry, Psihoyos and his crew arrived a glistening cove, surrounding by barbed wire and “Keep Out” signs, with underwater microphones and high-definition cameras camouflaged as rocks. The migrating dolphins are trapped into the cove, where they are netted and wiped out by spears and knives …show more content…
In history, there are many stories that dolphins saving the lives of humans. Dave Rastovich, the Co-Founder of Cetaceans, was rescued by a dolphin in the east coast of Australia. He was surfing while a tiger shark appeared on the surface of the next wave. The shark, which was two meters away from Dave, was ready to attack. Fortunately, a dolphin T-boned and pushed it away from Dave. Another talking head in "The Cove", Mandy-Rae Cruickshank, who is a world class freedivers, describe her experience swimming with a whale and dolphins as the most incredible things ever in her life. With all these sharing, isn't the connection between dolphins and human noticeable? There is no reason that we can still agree on hunting minke whales. What is more, dolphins are smart. They understand how to manipulate situations, relate to people and how to create innovatively. A video even shows a dolphin create bubbles using its blowhole without anyone teaching. With all those research done by scientists, stated dolphins can be more intelligence than the human being, are already enough to prove that we have to take care them. Therefore, why do we, still, allow Japanese to hunt them?
“The Cove” is food for thoughts to many people. Be you an environmentalist, dolphin-lovers or just looking for something to watch, this documentary should be your first choices. Not only providing the audience with the suspense of a caper movie, but also muckraking the fishermen in Taiji.