The Cove - Movie Trailer

The Cove - Movie Trailer

Key issues:

This film won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

The Cove investigates the international dolphin capture trade as practiced in Taiji, Japan.

Demonstrates dolphin slaughtering in Japan.

Reminds us of the dangerously high levels of mercury in dolphin meat & seafood.

Tags: Documentary - Dolphin - Flipper - Japan - Ric O'Barry - Sundance Film Festival - Taiji - The Cove - Trailer

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Operation Migaloo 2007-2008 Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign Video (Sea Shepherd Conservation Society)

Operation Migaloo 2007-2008 Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign

This the Sea Shepherds 4th expedition to the southern waters off Antarctica .

Vessel is the Steve Irwin, with Captain Paul Watson.

The campaign is named in honour of Migaloo, the Australian albino humpback whale.

Video shows an altercation with a Japanese Whaling vessel.

Video from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

Tags: 2007 - 2008 - Antarctica - Japanese Whaling - Migaloo - Operation Migaloo - Paul Watson - Sea Shepherd - Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - Steve Irwin - SSCG

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Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS)

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS):

• Non-profit, marine conservation organization.
• Society is based in Friday Harbour, Washington, United States.

SSCS History:

• Founded initially by Paul Watson in 1977 under the name Earth Force Society.

SSCS Vessels:

• Sea Shepherd currently operates the vessels MV Steve Irwin and the Bob Barker.

SSCS Politics & Media:

• Particularly known for using direct action tactics.
• Often linked to the radical environmentalism movement.
• Uses the media extensively for public relations.
• Animal Planet has publicised the work of the SSCS when in 2008 it began filming the weekly series Whale Wars.
• Whale Wars is based on the SSCS's encounters with the Southern Ocean based Japanese whaling fleet.

Image - SSCG Logo (c) of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

Tags: Animal Planet - Bob Baker - Conservation - Direct Action - Friday Harbor - Japanese Whaling - Paul Watson - Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - SSCS - Washington - Whale Wars

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