
23,OOO Dolphins are killed by Japanese villagers, a year, in Taiji, where dolphins and whales are celebrated with murals and statues, tour boats take visitors on excursions to photographs these loveable and adorable creatures stars of tv and movies - but at night villagers after selling the smartest dolphins to zoos and marine aquariums - round up the rest and the water runs a murderous velvet red with the dolphins blood, staining a beautiful cove. 'The Cove' a documentary exposes this dirty little secret and the Japanese governments efforts to maintain this 'tradition'.