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The Cove To Be Screened in Tokyo, One Time Only

Initially, the Tokyo International Film Festival passed on screening The Cove, the documentary about the annual slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, Japan. Though it didn't offer a reason, considering the government's media ban on whale/dolphin news due to the... ...full story at TreeHugger

from TreeHugger on Wed, Sep 30 2009

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13 Feb 10 visit Educational 'Cove' merits viewing  »  Japan Times In her Feb. 7 letter, "Dolphin-kill film should be yanked," Christina Tsuchida wonders why the documentary film "The Cove" (about the annual slaughter of dolphins at Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture) should be shown at all. My first answer would be, because it...
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