The Cove is a 2009 exposé of the annual killing of about 23,000 dolphins in a National Park at Taiji, Wakayama in Japan.The migrating dolphins are herded into a hidden cove where they are netted and killed by means of spears and knives over the side of small fishing boats. The film highlights that this is about three times the amount of whales killed in the Antarctic, and 23,000 dolphins and porpoises are killed in Japan every year.
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The Cove is a 2009 exposé of the annual killing of about 23,000 dolphins in a National Park at Taiji, Wakayama in Japan.The migrating dolphins are herded into a hidden cove where they are netted and killed by means of spears and knives over the side of small fishing boats. The film highlights that this is about three times the amount of whales killed in the Antarctic, and 23,000 dolphins and porpoises are killed in Japan every year.
The film was directed by former National Geographic photographer Louie Psihoyos, and was filmed secretly during 2007 using underwater microphones and high-definition cameras disguised as rocks.
The documentary won the U.S. Audience Award at the 25th annual Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, United States in January 2009. It was selected out of the 879 submissions in the category.
The movie follows former dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry's quest to document the dolphin hunting operations in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan.
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