something I am passionate about!

There are many reasons why I would get up on a soap box and scream my thought and heart out and one of them is for marine life and the miss treatment of marine mammals. Many of you may have heard about the movie the Cove. The creator and the person that is the heart and soul of the project that this movie follows is Ric O'Barry. His is the man who first trained FLIPPER. He started America's love of marine life with the training of not one but several dolphins for the show. After many years training dolphins for the show O'Barry realized that what he was doing was taking these majestic mammals out of the wild and keeping them against their will. Long story short he flipped sides and is now working to free dolphins from the harsh reality of captivity.

Along his travels it has come to his attention that one of the major '' suppliers" of live dolphins for export is a town in Japan. When O'Barry peeled back the layers and began to investigate, he found that not only were they taking wild dolphins from the sea to export to aquariums around the world but they were also killing hundreds of other unsuspecting dolphins as well, some even being eaten! As you can see in the Cove there is a horrible tragedy going on in Japan. Ric has tried to no avail to get the Japanese people to become aware of the problem. Apparently there is a black out on media that has to do with this topic making his job all the more harder! He has recruited quite an array of stars from around the world to help him in his fight for the dolphins. From Japanese singers and song writers, NASCAR drivers and even movie starts Ric has quite an army to help and even that isn't enough.

We all need to step it up and help, with a click of the mouse you can help with petitions and letters to Senators and Congress..as well as raising awareness amongst our friends and family. Especially here in Hawaii since we have so many ties to Japan. SPREAD the word!

Google "The Cove" or "save the japanese Dolphins"

http://www.facebook.com/TheCove

http://www.thecovemovie.com/

http://savejapandolphins.blogspot.com/

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/blood-dolphins/      Check out the series on Animal planet too!!!!1