Dolphins in Japan

I'm not really one to spread any of the chain mail crap or those 'send it to ten people and they send it to ten people' emails but as Jacalyn was telling me about this documentary from this years Sundance Film Fest I thought I'd put this on my blog just to help spread the word.

http://www.savejapandolphins.org/

There is a cove in Japan where thousands of dolphins are slaughtered every year. slaughtered for no real apparent reason. The meat is unhealthy to eat and some claim it is pest control because the dolphins eat too many of the fish that would otherwise make it to human stomach instead. Japans government knows about this yet chooses to do nothing.

I'm not putting this on my blog to get anyone to volunteer or pay money or because I'm choosing it as my charity. I believe that there is too much wrong in our own country for us to be focusing on others as well. I just believe that all of us citizens of the world should be aware of the things that others are doing, even right under our collective noses(People on the streets in japan don't even know of the slaughter of the dolphins just miles from their homes). I would like to think that anyone I know would act to stop any atrocity if they had the power to do it and sometimes we don't know we have that power. Just sharing the information with others can go a long way and may even put the information into the hands of someone who can and will act to stop those who would do such foolish and stupid things.

And I will now step off my soap box... at least until I have other things I feel I need to say.