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Over 200 years ago, on the subject of animal rights, English jurist and philosopher Jeremy Bentham said, “The question is not, can they reason? Nor, can they talk? But can they suffer?” Going back more than 2,500 years Pythagoras said, “Animals share with us the privilege of having a soul.” And how ironic the namesake for the Hippocratic Oath, sworn to by doctors even those who practice vivisection, believed “The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.”
Why should the bodies of some not only be sacrificed, but sacrificed so inhumanely? In the words of Maimonides, a 12th century physician and philosopher, “It should not be believed that all beings exist for the sake of the existence of man. On the contrary, all the other beings too have been intended for their own sakes and not for the sake of anything else.”
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Synopsis of The Cove: “In a sleepy lagoon off the coast of Japan lies a shocking secret that a few desperate men will stop at nothing to keep hidden from the world. In Taiji, Japan, former dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry has come to set things right after a long search for redemption. In the 1960s, it was O’Barry who captured and trained the 5 dolphins who played the title character in the international television sensation “Flipper.” One fateful day, a heartbroken Barry came to realize that these deeply sensitive, highly intelligent and self-aware creatures must never be subjected to human captivity again. This mission has brought him to Taiji, a town that appears to be devoted to the wonders and mysteries of the sleek, playful dolphins and whales that swim off their coast. But in a remote, glistening cove, surrounded by barbed wire and “Keep Out” signs, lies a dark reality. It is here, under cover of night, that the fishermen of Taiji, driven by a multi-billion dollar dolphin entertainment industry and an underhanded market for mercury-tainted dolphin meat, engage in an unseen hunt. The nature of what they do is so chilling and the consequences are so dangerous to human health that they will go to great lengths to halt anyone from seeing it.”
More information about the film, and ways to help, can be found at http://www.thecovemovie.com
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