dolphins: like clowns

                 Have you ever been on a cruise where you could swim with dolphins? Have you ever wondered why those dolphins are so happy? Dolphins are like clowns, their mouths are shaped to look like they're smiling when in fact they could be miserable. In Japan,  a monstrosity is occurring. Pods of dolphins swim to a cove every year where they are trapped. The lovable ones like the on you see above are selected and paid huge money for by companies like Seaworld and Disney cruises. Those that aren't are drawn into a hidden cove and slaughtered. Dolphins are stabbed with long poles with knives attached to the ends. the men who do this are told that if they stab the defenseless dolphins at the top of the spine they will feel nothing and die instantly. This is just not true and the dolphins have to be gored multiple times to actually die. The cove fills with blood. After the dolphins are heartlessly murdered, they are given away to the people of Japan as free lunch meat. Dolphin meat contains unsafe levels of mercury so even if the Japanese don't care to save the dolphins, this terrible occurrence must be stopped to save the school children of this area. If this post has touched your heart at all, there are things you can do to help. Never go to Seaworld or to any sort of cruise or amusement park where you can swim with dolphins. While the small amount of money you pay to get in is not much, it's that much less money that these companies have to spend on dolphins. Also check to make sure that the creatures in the aquarium you're visiting were raised in captivity or taken from the wild because of a sever injury. Please also watch the video in the link or just click on the one here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KRD8e20fBo Please, have a heart, take the steps listed to do what you can to help.