Thanks to The Cove, feds charge sushi restaurant for serving whale meat
Los Angeles, California CNN — Federal authorities have charged a trendy Santa Monica sushi restaurant with serving whale meat — an investigation that was spurred by the team behind the Oscar-winning documentary, “The Cove.”Prosecutors charged Typhoon Restaurant Inc., the parent company of The Hump, and one of its chefs — Kiyoshiro Yamamoto, 45 — with the illegal sale of a marine mammal product for an unauthorized purpose.
via Feds charge trendy sushi restaurant for serving whale meat – CNN.com.
This took a long time to happen! I saw The Cove last year (in the summer) I think. I’m glad to see that Taiji, Japan has come under immense international pressure to stop killing dolphins. I’m glad that The Cove has gained accolades and has been recognized by the academy. What was done to film these dolphin killers was extraordinary. Now the fruits of their labor appear to be ripening. If only Rick O’Barry wasn’t censored when he held up a sign at the Oscars trying to get more people involved in the campaign.
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