in total disgust.
i'll never look at Japan in the same light ever again. i caught 'The Cove' yesterday and i was horrified by the images i saw. while watching the documentary, i was cursing under my breath at each and every one of them who have a part in the dolphin massacre each year, hoping that they would all DIE. yes, that was how serious and intense i was feeling at that time.
each year, 23000 dolphins are being killed at Taiji, Japan. in fact, dolphins are being killed as im typing this right now, as the so-called 'dolphin harvesting' is done in september every year. the way the dolphins are being driven into the cove by the fishermen and later on killed by them is totally inhumane. the dolphins are being trapped in the shallow waters, unable to escape, and these mindless bastards would constantly stab the harmless and vulnerable dolphins with a spear like object repeatedly till they die. the scene is just too painful to watch as you can hear the cries of the dolphins with each stab until the cove is stained crimson red with the blood of the dolphins. the most infuriating part about this whole saga is that, the japanese government actually condones such behaviour and is in fact supportive of it. they brain-washed the fishermen, telling them that the dolphins are depleting the fishes in the ocean quickly, and this translates to them having a smaller harvest. with this, they are more than willing to hunt the dolphins down, what more, they are getting paid so they see any reason not to do it.
to think most of us have the impression that japan is well advanced, yet such a thing is happening. if it werent for 'The Cove', many of us, including the rest of the Japanese in other parts of Japan, would be still kept in the dark about these hideous acts. i know hoping that the Japanese government would give up this lucrative yet painfully disheartening industry is quite impossible, at least not until the other nations forced them to. what i do hope is that these dolphins were to change their migratory route and swim far far away from that evil place called Taiji and regain the freedom that rightfully belongs to them.
each year, 23000 dolphins are being killed at Taiji, Japan. in fact, dolphins are being killed as im typing this right now, as the so-called 'dolphin harvesting' is done in september every year. the way the dolphins are being driven into the cove by the fishermen and later on killed by them is totally inhumane. the dolphins are being trapped in the shallow waters, unable to escape, and these mindless bastards would constantly stab the harmless and vulnerable dolphins with a spear like object repeatedly till they die. the scene is just too painful to watch as you can hear the cries of the dolphins with each stab until the cove is stained crimson red with the blood of the dolphins. the most infuriating part about this whole saga is that, the japanese government actually condones such behaviour and is in fact supportive of it. they brain-washed the fishermen, telling them that the dolphins are depleting the fishes in the ocean quickly, and this translates to them having a smaller harvest. with this, they are more than willing to hunt the dolphins down, what more, they are getting paid so they see any reason not to do it.
to think most of us have the impression that japan is well advanced, yet such a thing is happening. if it werent for 'The Cove', many of us, including the rest of the Japanese in other parts of Japan, would be still kept in the dark about these hideous acts. i know hoping that the Japanese government would give up this lucrative yet painfully disheartening industry is quite impossible, at least not until the other nations forced them to. what i do hope is that these dolphins were to change their migratory route and swim far far away from that evil place called Taiji and regain the freedom that rightfully belongs to them.