Some reaction from the town of Taiji to yesterday's Oscar win for the documentary film, The Cove.
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Town angry after movie wins Oscar
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Controversial dolphin film, The Cove, wins Best Documentary Oscar
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I wonder how much Japanese media coverage this'll get...
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A Chat between a Japanese and an American on the Taiji Dolphins after Watching “The Cove”
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This is a conversation between two people after watching the documentary, “The Cove,” a real-life-mission-impossible-mission to film the dolphin slaughter/harvest in a small cove in Taiji, Wakayama.
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Japan's whaling town residents have dangerously high levels of mercury
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Japanese diners who enjoy tucking into dolphin meat are putting their health at risk, as well as courting international condemnation.
A new study by two Japanese universities found that residents of Taiji, a whaling town on the Pacific coast, who frequently ate the meat of pilot whale - a member of the dolphin family - have mercury levels 10 times the national average.
