Witnessing 'The Cove'
Series: RadioActive Fall/Winter 2012
From: RadioActive Youth Media
Length: 00:05:27
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17-year-old Elora West is riled up when she sees "The Cove," an Oscar-winning documentary about dolphin hunting in Japan. Then she gets the chance to go protest the hunts with her father. Youth reporter Amina al-Sadi's story depicts Elora's idealism, but also includes archival audio of the charged confrontations between protestors and fishermen in Japan. *Be sure to use the intro, included below.*
This is part of the RadioActive episode 'Around the World With RadioActive' - listen here! http://www.prx.org/pieces/71450-around-the-world-with-radioactive
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Piece Description
17-year-old Elora West is riled up when she sees "The Cove," an Oscar-winning documentary about dolphin hunting in Japan. Then she gets the chance to go protest the hunts with her father. Youth reporter Amina al-Sadi's story depicts Elora's idealism, but also includes archival audio of the charged confrontations between protestors and fishermen in Japan. *Be sure to use the intro, included below.*
This is part of the RadioActive episode 'Around the World With RadioActive' - listen here! http://www.prx.org/pieces/71450-around-the-world-with-radioactive
Broadcast History
Broadcast on KUOW / Puget Sound Public Radio November 2011. Podcast in the RadioActive podcast from KUOW November 2011
Timing and Cues
COVEINTRO is played during the host lede - see intro below.
Intro and Outro
INTRO:In 2009, a documentary called The Cove was released.
Audio: COVEINTRO
The documentary took viewers to a place in Taiji Japan where local fisherman hunt dolphins. They herd dolphins into a cove surrounded by cliffs.There, healthy dolphins are captured to sell to dolphin parks around the world. Deformed dolphins are killed and gutted for meat.
Elora West is a 17 year old from Edmonds, Washington. She saw The Cove. And then, her father invited her to witness the hunt first hand.
He’s an environmental activist with Sea Sheppard, a group that works to stop the hunting of sea life. He was taking part in an effort to monitor the hunt with a group calling themselves “Cove Guardians”.
RadioActive's Amina al-Sadi [AH-min-uh al SAH-dee] brings us the story of what Elora saw when she joined the activists on a cliff above the water.
Audio: COVE 05:11
OUTRO:To hear more go to kuow dot org slash radio active.
Additional Credits
Additional editing by Megan Sukys
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