This morning, Monday August 16, Democracy Now featured The Cove. Amy Goodman interviewed Louis Psihoyos and Ric O'Barry, the director of and the activist featured in the Oscar winning film. The interviews pointed out the connection between dolphin slaughter and the dolphin entertainment industry. We see some clips from the film -- thankfully not the gruesome slaughter clip, which takes up about two minutes of the whole film but dissuades many people from seeing it and absorbing the vital messages about captivity. Goodman shares one of my favorites, which shows the filmmakers assembling their "Oceans Eleven" team to go into the cove and get the footage they need.
The show ends with Ric O'Barry's discussion of the suicide of Kathy, who played Flipper, and how that turned his life around, driving him to start releasing rather than capturing and training dolphins. Amy Goodman asks him what his message is; he tells us that it is that the public must stop buying tickets to silly dolphin shows.
It is wonderfully positive coverage. You can watch it on line at:
http://tinyurl.com/2ae56ba
Most importantly, please thank Amy Goodman and Democracy Now for the coverage. The show needs to hear that viewers want animal issues covered -- they certainly belong on this show, which focuses regularly on issues of justice and on the environment. Positive feedback will encourage similar coverage in the future.
The show asks for feedback at: http://www.democracynow.org/contact
I send thanks to activists Nancy Kogel and Loren Hart for making sure we knew about the coverage.
Yours and the animals',
Karen Dawn
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Please go to http://tinyurl.com/254ulkx to check out Karen Dawn's book, "Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way we Treat Animals," which was chosen last year by the Washington Post as one of the "Best Books of The Year!"
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Date: Mon Aug 16 16:40:27 2010
