My
dear dolphin
Today Qing Shuo’s mention of an oceanic
preservation society film “the Cove” remained me of the scene when I saw this film.
Then after school I took a second look of the film just now. The movie tells
about the dolphin slaughter in Tai Ji, Japan that about 23,000 dolphins are
killed every year. Some of them are selected for performance and the others are
killed for meat. This slaughter begins from September to March of next year,
which lasts half a year every time.
There are many organizations in Japan that
can protect dolphins from killing, such as World Wildlife Fund, Greenpeace,
International Fund for Animal Welfare, and the International Whaling
Commission, but none of them make any sense on this issue.
The places where dolphin slaughter happens
are only open to some fishermen who are involved in this issue. They do not
allow visitors to enter these places and take photos, and shout at visitors
that these are their “private places”. When be asked, they say killing dolphins
is their tradition and culture just like western people kill cows , and it is
also a way to prevent sea fishes from shrinking.
Seeing the scene of dolphin slaughter that
is took secretly and difficultly, I was shocked. Fishermen prink dolphins
cruelly, and dolphins struggle in the cove. The water turns into red while
fishermen’ boats are leaving with full-loaded dead dolphins.
It
is so difficult to protect dolphins that even letting the world know about this
slaughter is a tough work. Dolphin is just one of the endangered species, the
other species may be facing more serious situations. “The …slaughter is
scheduled to resume …unless we stop it”
I watched the movie about two years ago and I felt so sad after I struggled to finish it. Acturally, not only in Japan, but also in many other places in the world, various of precious animals are being killed for different kinds of reasons. I think it is a common problem among human beings and it will take a very long time to solve the problem.
ReplyDeleteI think the most ironic thing is that fishers in this movie said that it was their culture, but most Japanese in Tokyo did not know it. They are eating dolphin meat frequently and getting the poison from dolphins. I think protecting dolphins is not only saving this species but also saving human beings.
ReplyDeleteI love dolphins and like to see them jump up from the sea, but not the swimming pools. I like the animals running or swimming wildly, because that is what their real nature.
ReplyDeleteYes， we should save this precious animals, but I have another idea. I think animals that are dying out because of human activities, such as dolphin and tiger, should be protected. However, some animals that cannot get used to the environment should die out; it is better for the evolution. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI also watched this movie and I also wrote this in my blog. What a coincidence. I really shocked and felt sad when I saw those kind and beaytiful dolphins were killed cruelly.
ReplyDeleteDolphin is very cute, and I like it very much. It is cruel to kill dolphin and eat its meat. I have heard of the dolphin slaughter in Japan, but I have never watched the movie. After reading your blog, I have the need to watch this movie. I just do not understand why the fishermen take it for granted to catch so many dolphins. They should be conscious of their mistakes.
ReplyDeleteSelfishness is always the biggest drawback in human nature. When people are children, they do not share our candy. When people are adult, they do not share their world. When people can overcome their selfishness, the world will be better.
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that nobody can stop the Japanese from killing the dolphins and that's the reason why the nature will finally have to reset everything in the world, reset the world back to normal, i.e. the original natural order.
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