Reflections on The Cove

I watched the documentary The Cove (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cove_(film)) today and thought it was a very interesting and well done film. Like most viewers I found the exploits disturbing, but I surprised myself when it ended and I realized that the most disturbing part for me was that the local people of Taiji actually eat the dolphin meat that is so highly contaminated with mercury. The inhumane slaughter of so many dolphins, porpoises and pilot whales every year by the Japanese fishermen is tragic, however, these numbers pale in comparison to the number of cattle, pigs, chickens and other livestock that are inhumanely slaughtered here in the U.S. And not only are these livestock killed inhumanely, they are treated inhumanely for their ENTIRE LIFE. It just makes me think, what right do we really have to judge them and their traditions? just because we believe dolphins are smarter than pigs or cows their lives are more important? I'm not saying I'm ok with the whole dolphin slaughter thing, I'm just saying that we have our own problems here. And while the dolphin meat is toxic with high levels of mercury, we over-look the fact that the meat we eat on a daily basis that has been altered by hormones. That's why I've decided to start getting my meat from a local farm that raises healthy, grass fed animals in a natural and caring environment. We can't change the whole world. Just our little corner of it.