"The Cove."

In class we watched a documentary called “The Cove.” The movie is about a team going on a mission in a cove in Japan called Taiji. The team would hide microphones and cameras in rocks, so they could observe what was going on in the cove. The team ends up finding out some deep secrets and crimes that are happening under water. They find out that dolphins are being killed and they want to put a stop to it. It is said that the amount of dolphins that are being killed in the Taiji cove is a much greater amount than the whales that are being killed in the Antarctic. The number of dolphins being killed every year was close to 23,000. When Dr. Maluso put the documentary on I did not expect to watch such a disturbing film. Through the cameras the team witnessed the dolphins being lured into the cove and killed them with spears and knives. Even though the film was difficult to watch without getting upset, I still liked it because it was interesting. I would have never known about those dolphins being killed until I watched the film in class. I also gained respect for the team for putting this “investigation” together. The film was made to prove a point, which was that killing the dolphins was unnecessary.