The Cove Script.docx
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Idowanttosaythatwe
trytodothestorylegally.
Shit.
Ithoughtofallthepossibilities
ofwhatcouldhappen,
anditkeptmeupatnight.
ThestorythatRic
Showedmeatthebeginning
wasjustthetipoftheiceberg.
Hereitis...thetownofTaiji.
Thelittletown
withareallybigsecret.
It'sfunnydrivingintoTaiji.
It'skindoflikeTheTwilightZone.
It'ssobizarre
becauseifyoudidn'tknow
what'sgoingonoverhere,
youwouldthinkthisisatown
thatloveddolphinsandwhales.
Onourlefthereistheinfamous
TaijiWhaleMuseum.
AndIreally,really
hatethisplace.
WhenwefirstgottoJapan,
RicO'Barrywasincrediblyfrustrated.
Hesaid,"Oh,youhave
towearamask.
Otherwise,they'llknow
thatwe'rehere."
AndIthought,okay,allright.
There'sthepolice.
I'vegottohunchover
andchangemyshape
sotheythink
I'mjustsomeoldJapaneseguy.
Ithought,youknow,whatamIdoing?
Iwenthalfwayacrosstheworld
toendupinthiscar,
lockedupwiththisparanoidguy.
Somebody'sbehindme.
Idon'tknowwhothatis.
Yep.He'scoming.He'scoming.
Ishereally?
Yeah.I'vebeendoingthistoolong.
Themayorofthistown
actuallygavemethekeytothecity.
Iwaswelcomethen.
Todaythey'dkillmeiftheycould.
AndI'mnotexaggerating.
Ifthesefishermencould
catchmeandkillme,
theywould.
Aboutthreeyearsago,
myfriendJimClarkandI
startedthisorganization...
TheOceanicPreservationSociety,OPS.
We'vebeendivingforover35years,
andyoucouldgobacktothesame
divespotyearafteryear
andliterallysee
thedegradationoftheoceans
beforeyourveryeyes.
There'smajorextinctions
goingonrightnowinourlifetime.
Jimhadtheidea
totrytodosomething
aboutit,tostopthis,
soIbegandocumenting
reefsaroundtheworld.
Iwenttoamarinemammalconference
downinSanDiego.
Therewas2,000oftheworld's
topmarinemammalscientists,
andRicO'Barrywassupposed
tobethekeynotespeaker,
andatthelastminute,
thesponsoroftheprogram
pulledhimfromtheticket.
Ithought,ohGod,that'sinteresting.
Well,who'sthesponsor?
Theysaid,"SeaWorld."
Alotofmarinemammal
scientistsgettheirmoney
fromHubResearchInstitute,
whichisthenonprofitarmofSeaWorld.
Theydon'tlikeme.
Theydon'tlikemymessage
aboutcaptivity,
andtheytookmeoffthelist.
Theywouldn'tletme
talkaboutthisdolphinslaughterinTaiji.
Isaid,"Dolphinslaughter?
What's...What'sthatabout?
"
Hesays,"Well,I'mgoingnextweek.
Youwanttocome?
"
Nowwe'reapproachingthearea
that'smostimportant.
That'sadolphin's
worstnightmarerightthere.
Hundredsofthousands
ofdolphinshavediedthere.
You'llseethesigns...
"KeepOut,""Danger."
Therearefishermenwalking
aroundthesehillswithknives.
Thisisanationalpark.
Thefishermentoldme.
Theysaid,"Iftheworldfindsout
whatgoesonhere,
we'llbeshutdown."
Canyouimaginethat?
Theyactuallytoldusthat.
Weknewtogetinthere
andfilmexactlywhathappens.
Weneedtoknowthetruth.
Whenwegotbacktothehotel...
It'sabigspahotel,
peoplegoingbyinrobes,
andthere'sthesethree
undercovercopstalkingtoRic.
No.
No.
-No.
-No?
No.
Inthebackground,
youcouldseethesedolphinboats
goingbyinthewindow,
anditwasjust...itwassosurreal.
Icouldn't...Iwantedtolaugh,
andIwantedtoscream
atthesametime.
No.No.
Right.Iknow.
Yeah.
Idon'tenter.No,no.
Thankyousomuch,and...
You'rewelcome.
-Seeyouagain.
-Okay.Bye-bye.
Ineverplanned
onbeinganactivist.
Onethingleadstoanother,
andnowifthere's
adolphinintrouble
anywhereintheworld,
myphonewillring.
Ricisworldfamous
forhisworkwithdolphins.
ThefirsttimeIconnected
withhiminrecentyears
wasonatripdowntoNicaragua.
Thereweretwodolphins
inaswimmingpoolfilled
withtheirownexcrement.
Ricsomehowenlisted
themilitaryforcesofNicaragua.
Thedolphinswere
putonahelicopter,
andthenouttoseawego,
andthedolphinsarereleased.
We'regoingtocapturethesedolphins
outofthewild
andbringthemintocaptivity.
Therearepeople
whowillsetthemfree.
InMarchofthisyear,
O'Barrywasarrested
threetimesinFlorida
fortryingtofreesomecaptivedolphins.
OnEarthDay,hewas
arrestedforthesamething
ontheIslandofBimini.
Howmanytimes
haveyoubeenarrested?
Thisyear?
Swimmer,you'rewithin
agovernment-authorizedtestarea.
Youarehol
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