"The Cove" Just released on the Discovery Channel

With the release of "The Cove" on the Discovery Channel, and the new series "Blood Dolphin", I thought it would be a good time to resurrect the letter I wrote to President Obama, Senators Boxer and Feinstein and my local Represenative. I am also going to fax a copy over to Amassador Fujisaki today (the Japanese Ambassador to the US, based in Washington DC)!

The following was a letter I wrote to The President of the United States after viewing the movie, The Cove. I strongly urge that you see this movie, it is truly eye-opening! And please go to The Cove's website...there are several easy ways to make your voice heard.

Dear President Obama,

First and foremost, I would like to thank you sincerely for taking the time to read my letter. And I have to say, that never in my life has anything moved me so profoundly, as to incite action on my part, even in this simplest form. I recently saw the movie “The Cove”. This movie was an eye-opening, lump in my throat, pit in my stomach depiction of the thousands of dolphins that are being slaughtered each year off the coast of Japan. Not only does this movie portray the horrific decimation of a huge number of dolphins, but it also sheds light on the fact that a large quantity of the dolphin meat is being sold to the Japanese people and unbeknownst to them, it contains toxic levels of mercury.

If we allow this to continue, not only will we be responsible for the brutal, inhumane killing of a species of marine mammal, but we will most certainly be responsible for the alarmingly high increase in the number of birth defects in Japanese babies that is sure to follow. This is not just an “animal rights” issue, this is also a “human rights” issue.

Although I know I should be asking you what I can do to help stop these and other atrocities from happening around our world, I instead, am going to ask something of you. Please go see the movie, Mr. President. I am convinced that if you do see this movie, you will be compelled, as I am, to stop the systematic killing of one of the oceans most spectacular creatures by whatever means possible. And let’s face it Mr. President, you have quite a bit more pull than I do!

I would like to end with a few quotes from several people much smarter and wiser than I;

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

“By ethical conduct toward all creatures, we enter into a spiritual relationship with the universe” ~ Albert Schweitzer

“The question is not, can they reason? Nor, can they talk? But can they suffer?” ~ Jeremy Bentham

“If you have men who will exclude any of Gods creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men” ~ Saint Frances of Assisi

“I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being” ~ Abraham Lincoln

Respectfully,

Brennda Corrie

PS….I would like to take this opportunity to tell you that I voted for you!