[CINC] Fwd: The Killing Cove

[Paul Jr. Petrich]

Catherine and Shauna, and Concerned CINC, Writing the Japanese Embassy is a great idea.Thanks for sharing this courageous action of your friend with us Catherine. However, what about attacking this slaughter of dolphin for profit, at the source of the problem, where it is misunderstood. These dolphin are gathered ostensibly to showcase their intelligence and sociability with humans. Whether we like the idea of dolphins in captivity, or not, the real fact is that all who witness this interaction with dolphins gains a sympathetic love and appreciation for them, just as my generation did with Flipper on TV. The other real fact is, unless they have seen the movie "The Cove", they do not have a clue about what this growing educational and social interaction with dolphin is doing to the vast majority of dolphin of the pods from which they came!  On Oahu, Hawaii last late July, I walked up to  Sea Life Park while spending a day at Makapu Beach. After touring the aquarium for the first time in decades, I witnessed a trained dolphin show going on. After the show, I talked to the young trainers, who were feeding and petting the stars of the show in a very loving and obviously appreciated manner. I casually brought "The Cove" into the conversation. To a trainer, they had not seen it, for the very same reason many of our own CINC refuse to see it. They did not want to witness such brutality toward the animals that they loved. Also, their impression about the dolphin being butchered for consumption was totally unconnected to their love and care of the animals right there sharing affection with them. So, why not an email campaign sending the reality of witnessed dolphin slaughter, AND ITS CONNECTION TO THE AUCTION OF RESORT AND RESEARCH DOLPHINS , to the very companies and institutions that buy them- and to  their trainers. I can easily follow up on this, for example, and forward Catherine's friend's eyewitness blog account to Sea Life Park. Is there a legal twist in sending someone's email or blog around in this manner without their approval? This would not be an attacking warpath mode of encounter, but rather one of interpretation between naturalist with different backgrounds. In this day an age, such a email campaign should be a piece of cake, much easier than old time chain letters. Everywhere we travel,even virtually now, we can do this!   Food for thought, Paul   
 

To: Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov; channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:58:02 -0500
From: cfrench1366 at aol.com
Subject: [CINC] Fwd: The Killing Cove


My next door neighbor has a friend who has volunteered her time and money to go to Japan's killing cove to observe, blog, photograph and video the atrocities. Please see this link to her blog, etc.: http://acoveguardian.wordpress.com/2011/


 


Kelley, my neighbor, is willing to give her time to start some sort of campaign that may be heard. When you check out the blog site, you will see links to the Japanese Embassy, and other places to voice your horror at the daily slaughter of these wonderful creatures.


 


I hope that all of you will join me in voicing strong opposition to these killings.


 


Shauna: Do you have any other ideas about who to contact to get the message out? I am going to try to get an approval to do a story in The Log on Kelley's friend and put in print some of her photography and her personal experience. We are open to suggestions. Thanks.


 










Sincerely, 


Catherine French


cfrench1366 at aol.com 

805.815.3523


805.570.0432 mobile








-----Original Message-----

From: kelley connell <kelleyconnell at yahoo.com>

To: cfrench1366 at aol.com

Sent: Thu, Jan 27, 2011 11:37 am

Subject: The Killing Cove











Catherine:








 


You can upload Sheri's blog and videos here...  http://acoveguardian.wordpress.com/2011/


 


Thank you so much for your help.  It is greatly appreciated. 


 


Take care,


 


Kelley












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