The photo at right is from the movie, The Cove. The water you see is not colored by dye. It is colored by the blood of dead and dying dolphins: speared, slashed, and beaten to death by fishermen.The Cove documents the annual brutal slaughter. For years, the Japanese in the town of Taiji have attempted to hide this from the public. Now the world knows.
Dolphin meat, unfit for human consumption because of its high mercury content, was nonetheless sold to an unsuspecting public as a delicacy.
The Japanese government repeatedly lied to its own people and to international organizations about what was happing in Taiji.
More information about this issue can be found at: http://www.thecovemovie.com/
The movie is well worth watching, but we have to warn you: it is graphic and there are scenes that will alternately horrify you and break your heart.
