Happy Earth Day!
In honor of Earth Day, Oprah has a show line-up focusing on our relationship with Mother Earth. Included is a segment with Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens, who made "The Cove," and with Ric O'Barry, the Flipper trainer turned dolphin freedom advocate, who is featured in that film.
If you aren't a regular Oprah watcher, go to http://www.oprah.com/tows_listings.html to see when it is on your TV -- probably sometime in mid afternoon.
For those who miss Oprah today, or who want printed information, check out her web report about the interview at:
http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Filmmakers-Reveal-Dolphin-Slaughter-in-The-Cove
Here's a shorter URL: http://tinyurl.com/22v8xc9
Most importantly, please thank Oprah, letting the producers know how much we appreciate this kind of coverage of animal and environmental issues. Shows take their feedback seriously. It is quick and easy and it matters to the animals. Go to:
https://www.oprah.com/ownshow/plug_form.html?plug_id=215
If you haven't yet seen The Cove, you are missing out. Yes, it has a couple of gruesome minutes, for which you will want a soft or strong shoulder nearby where you can bury your head. But it won the Oscar, not because it is about an important topic (the documentary nominees all had that in common) but because it is so well done -- gripping, fast moving, sometimes hilarious, just a brilliant film. And it's on Netflix.
Yours and the animals',
Karen Dawn
(DawnWatch is an animal advocacy media watch that looks at animal issues in the media and facilitates one-click responses to the relevant media outlets. You can learn more about it, and sign up for alerts at http://www.DawnWatch.com. You may forward or reprint DawnWatch alerts if you do so unedited -- leave DawnWatch in the title and include this parenthesized tag line.)
Please go to www.ThankingtheMonkey.com to learn about Karen Dawn's book, "Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way we Treat Animals," which was chosen last year by the Washington Post as one of the "Best Books of The Year!"