The 82nd Academy Awards nominations have been released. Louie Psihoyos's The Cove has been nominated for Best Documentary. The Coveis important because it finally brings to mainstream awareness the brutal yearly Dolphin Slaughter in Taiji, Japan. Famous freedivers Kirk Krack and Mandy-Rae Cruickshank and the Ocean Preservation Society planted underwater cameras and microphones disguised as rocks in order to get a Dolphin's-eye view of the filth. The Cove has so angered Japanese authorities for exposing their secret to the world and the rest of Japan, that they are considering suing Louie Psihoyos and the rest of the filmmakers. Let's hope that happens, because the only thing that will get more publicity for the film, would be if they were nominated for an Academy Award. Oh wait, they were. So now, let's hope they win. We all need to be reminded of this atrocity until it stops.

Oh, and to all you Dolphin freaks out there. Don't think that just because you aren't part of the Taiji Dolphin slaughter that you aren't part of the problem. Do you go to Sea World and other marine parks that feature Dolphin shows? Where do you think those Dolphins come from. They are not nearly all captive-bred. One of the most profitable sidelines of the Taiji Dolphin business is selling some of the healthier specimens to water parks.

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--El Tiburon