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Dolphin Blood Doesn't Stain The Cove —So Far

Nick McMaster — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:52:12 CDT

Dolphin conservationists seem to have won the day in Japan—the annual slaughter of wild dolphins, depicted in the Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove , did not take place as expected. An official in the town of Taiji said dolphins were herded into the cove as usual but then set free...

US Base in Japan Yanks Dolphin-Hunt Documentary

Rob Quinn — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:19:51 CDT

US commanders wary of offending the Japanese have canceled screenings of Oscar-winning documentary The Cove , but that won't silence its message, its director tells the AP . Louie Psihoyos says he plans to hand out DVDs of the movie, which shows the gruesome annual dolphin hunt in a Japanese town, at...

Sushi Bar Caught With Whale Meat Is Closing

John Johnson — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:03:03 CDT

The sushi bar in California caught in a sting over whale meat has shut down. The Hump restaurant in Santa Monica announced the move on its website , calling it a "self-imposed punishment," reports the Los Angeles Times . Undercover activists, including an associate producer on the Oscar-winning The Cove , bought samples...

Feds Charge Calif. Whale Sushi Joint

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:12:00 CST

Federal prosecutors filed charges today against the owner of a California restaurant and its sushi chef that marine mammal activists say served illegal whale meat. Typhoon Restaurant Inc., which owns The Hump restaurant in Santa Monica, and Kiyoshiro Yamamoto were charged with illegally selling an endangered species product, a misdemeanor.

Cove Oscar Winners Stage Sting at LA Sushi Joint

Harry Kimball — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:05:26 CST

The makers of The Cove , the Oscar-winning documentary about dolphin killing in Japan, have aimed their cameras closer to home in a sting to expose illegal whale meat served at a California sushi joint. The operation began in October, when they heard rumors that the Hump, a Santa Monica restaurant,...

Japanese Cove Town to Release Dolphins

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:55:00 CDT

The Japanese town that triggered a furor after a documentary highlighted its dolphin slaughter is granting a reprieve to 100 of the animals, reports AP. Some 50 dolphins will be sold to aquariums, and the remainder of the 100 trapped for yesterday's first hunt of the season will be released...