Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Help Them


About this Petition:

In the feature documentary "The Cove," a team of activists and filmmakers infiltrate a heavily-guarded cove in Taiji, Japan. In this remote village they witness and document activities deliberately being hidden from the public: More than 20,000 dolphins and porpoises are being slaughtered each year and their meat, containing toxic levels of mercury, is being sold as food in Japan, often times labeled as whale meat.

The majority of the world is not aware this is happening.

In the feature documentary "The Cove," a team of activists and filmmakers infiltrate a heavily-guarded cove in Taiji, Japan. In this remote village they witness and document activities deliberately being hidden from the public: More than 20,000 dolphins and porpoises are being slaughtered each year and their meat, containing toxic levels of mercury, is being sold as food in Japan, often times labeled as whale meat.

The majority of the world is not aware this is happening. The Taiji cove is blocked off from the public. Cameras are not allowed inside and the media does not cover the story. It's critical that we get the word out in Japan. Once the Japanese people know we believe they will demand change.

6 comments:

Gill said...

I should watch this, it keeps coming to my attention so I'm meant to watch it.

Sad isn't it, Yoli? xo
Kisses to all the kiddies!!! Hope all is well.

rochambeau said...

Thank you dear Yoli for this information. It is heart breaking.
Knowledge IS power.
xox
Constance

Jeanne said...

I too find this so heart breaking

I posted it on my blog some time back and still cannot get the thoughts out of my head

mir said...

Thank you for this information... Have a nice day.

A Cuban In London said...

Thanks for raising awareness of such an important issue.

Greetings from London.

n said...

I watched the film. It's so sad... I am Japanese but I didn't know anything about this issue.. until I watched this film....

Have a great weekend!