In the feature documentary "The Cove," a team of activists and filmmakers infiltrate a heavily-guarded cove in Taiji, Japan. In this remote village they witness and document activities deliberately being hidden from the public: More than 20,000 dolphins and porpoises are being slaughtered each year and their meat, containing toxic levels of mercury, is being sold as food in Japan, often times labeled as whale meat. The majority of the world is not aware this is happening. The Taiji cove is blocked off from the public. Cameras are not allowed inside and the media does not cover the story. It's critical that we get the word out in Japan. Once the Japanese people know we believe they will demand change. In the feature documentary "The Cove," a team of activists and filmmakers infiltrate a heavily-guarded cove in Taiji, Japan. In this remote village they witness and document activities deliberately being hidden from the public: More than 20,000 dolphins and porpoises are being slaughtered each year and their meat, containing toxic levels of mercury, is being sold as food in Japan, often times labeled as whale meat.
The Desired Outcome of this Petition:
We urge President Obama, Vice President Biden and Japanese Ambassador to the United States Ichiro Fujisaki to address this issue and urge the government of Japan to stop the slaughtering of dolphins in Taiji, Japan.
"The Cove exposes the slaughter of more than 20,000 dolphins and porpoises off the coast of Japan every year, and how their meat, containing toxic levels of mercury, is being sold as food in Japan and other parts of Asia, often labeled as whale meat. The majority of the world is not aware this is happening as the Taiji cove is blocked off from the public. The focus of the Social Action Campaign for The Cove is to create worldwide awareness of this annual practice as well as the dangers of eating seafood contaminated with mercury and to pressure those in power to put an end to the slaughter." BX
Michael Jackson loved this planet. He saw what happened to people, and he saw what happened to this planet, to animals, to trees, to nature. And he realized it all belongs together. It is all one. What we do to the nature surrounding us - we do to ourselves. We cannot survive without all that exists on planet Earth - the rainforests, the clear water in the rivers, the abundance of fish in the seas, the clear skies when we see the Milky Way and realize the endlessness of the universe. If we do not stop to destroy the nature on this planet, if we keep polluting our rivers, our seas, our skies - hate and war will ensue as we lose our sense of being connected - to nature, to our planet, to our neighbors, to our communities. Resources will be limited more and more, which again will lead to hate and war. This is why Michael created Earth Song - he showed the connection between the destruction of our planet and the destruction of humankind - by our own hands. You cannot separate those two. That same message is in front of our eyes. *Let us stop the mindless destruction of our planet and all that lives on it - trees, men, animals, and plants. Let us stop hating and destroying our own kind. This is what the cause "Please Stop Public Michael Jackson Hate Groups" is about, and this is why IXL chose to support the cause and petition "The Cove - Save Japan Dolphins". All that is living on this planet shares the same resources, breathes the same air
-We share this WORLD!
L.O.V.E LIVES FOREVER,
-Blanaid X -X1
