The cove was a fairly informative film about the dolphin situation in Japan. It would seem that much of Japan’s older generation was hunting them in massive numbers due to an unfounded national pride in ancient dolphin hunting. I found the idea of mercury filled school lunch meat absolutely appalling and I can only imagine how the parents of these students would have reacted. I don’t necessarily see a problem with Japan hunting dolphin because they’re ‘cute’, but rather because the meat they’re obtain may cause future problems. Not only does the meat of an absolutely ridiculous amount of mercury in it, but killing so many dolphins on such a large scale can have some pretty severe consequences on the respective ecosystem. The meats primarily used in the US [pork, cow, and chicken] have already been so far removed from the environment for so long that even if they all went extinct the earth wouldn’t be effected. Unlike dolphins, domesticated cows do not play an important role in any environment. They simply exist. It’s good to know Japan didn’t decide to contaminate an entire generation over some pointless pride and stubbornness.
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