Dolphin Slaughter on Hold After Attention from the Cove

by Stephanie Ernst · 2009-09-03 06:55:00 UTC
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Back in February, I wrote briefly on The Cove, the gripping documentary on an annual dolphin slaughter in the Japanese village of Taiji that's been a hot topic among audiences and animal advocates this year (official site here). It's been out in select theaters for about a month now, and in that time, Taiji's Australian sister city has severed ties with the village, and far more significantly, the outcry from audiences has been so great that so far this year, though the slaughter was set to begin this week, the normally blood-red waters of the cove are still running clear: no slaughter yet (see this post from ecorazzi for a striking image comparison).

You can read more about what's happening in Taiji and keep apprised of updates by checking in with Ric O'Barry's SaveJapanDolphins.org blog.

See two different intense trailers below (after the jump) and check to see if there are screenings anywhere near you here.

Image courtesy of the official Cove site

Stephanie Ernst wrote the original Animal Rights blog at Change.org until December 2009. She can now be found at Animal Rights & AntiOppression.
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