Elen Sotiropoulou, M.Ed.

, English Language Teacher

Dolphins and Whales ​

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A.
Film –
“The Cove” documentary on dolphin and whale trafficking in Japan vs.“Dolphin tail”
https://vimeo.com/90466885​ the whole film ‘the Cove’ without editing.

Site – fourwinds10.net, article : Tsunami relief funds used to kill whales?

Answer the following questions

1. What triggered the creation of dolphin shows?

2. Why?
3. Who is Rick O’Barry ?
4. What happened to Ms. Mey?
5. Why?
6. How do dolphins communicate?
7. Why did dolphins die in pools at start?
8. Why is Taiji so important?
9. Why didn’t Rick O’Barry make his own park?
10. How did she commit suicide?
11. What was Rick O’Barry’s role in the dolphin business?
12. What happens in the secret cove?
13. How much does a dolphin earn for businessmen in the captivity industry?
14. How many whales are slaughtered per year for Uni research studies?
15. How does a dolphin and whale activist help stop trafficking and expose the guilty
ones?
16. Is Minamata disease contracted?
17. Why is it called Minamata?
18. What was Roger Payne’s protest about, in 1971?

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​Discuss issues raised

1. How would you feel going to a dolphin show after seeing this documentary?
2. How would you feel if someone with power and money decided to keep you in a cage
at his home/office for public display?
3. Why do people tend to captivate animals etc – species other than humans – and
display them?
4. Where are species displayed? Why?
5. How do you feel about what is going on in Taiji? (shows, restaurants, market)

Opinion Writing
Animal captivation and display…inhuman human hobby?

B
Listen to the following speech. Write a short presentation of the main points raised. A brief
summary in the form of an article as a review to be published on a blog or your site.
(120-150w.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycB29FkoylE&t=7s
Allow things to unfold and you will find your purpose in life | Peggy Oki |
TEDxQueenstown

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Extra Links (not compulsory)

If you wish to learn more about the issues raised through these activities, have a look at the
following.

Whales & Dolphins v. Humanity

links

Denmark, Faroe islands - Japan, Taiji

Denmark, Faroe islands

films - videos

articles

https://projectearth.us/on-the-faroe-islands-killing-hundreds-of-whales-every-1796848516
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2018/08/the-faroe-islands-ugly-pilot-whale-culling-tr
adition-draws-contempt.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/faroe-island-whale-hunts-photos-images-
dolphins-pilot-whales-mass-slaughter-grindadrap-a8045571.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaling_in_the_Faroe_Islands
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45209587

Japan, Taiji

films - videos

https://vimeo.com/90466885​ the whole film ‘the Cove’ without editing.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/dolphin-hunting-japan-baby-dolphins-hunt-fi
shing-taiji-sea-shepherd-cove-guardians-a8585356.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFGV7W_s5ls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s24CL1KOzqY

articles

http://www.takepart.com/cove/index.html
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/5397db/six-years-later-did-the-cove-impact-dolph
in-hunting-in-japan
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/dolphin-hunting-japan-baby-dolphins-hunt-fi
shing-taiji-sea-shepherd-cove-guardians-a8585356.html

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http://savedolphins.eii.org/news/entry/analysis-of-taiji-dolphin-slaughter-for-season-2017-18
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/28/national/defying-criticism-taiji-pushes-forward
-with-bold-plans-based-on-continued-dolphin-hunts/#.XFNcelwzY2w
https://www.dolphinproject.com/campaigns/save-japan-dolphins/frequently-asked-questions/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/11/not-ashamed-dolphin-hunters-of-taiji-break-
silence-over-film-the-cove
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/03/28/national/defying-criticism-taiji-pushes-forward
-with-bold-plans-based-on-continued-dolphin-hunts/#.XFNknlwzY2x