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Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.14,0:00:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Activist.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.29,0:00:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, when I was a bit younger,\NI would hear the word "activist,"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.52,0:00:11.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and immediately my mind would wander
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.51,0:00:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to images of these \Nhighly opinionated people,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.43,0:00:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking their beliefs to the streets,\Nwith signs and megaphones.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.96,0:00:20.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I couldn't help,\Nbut just sit there and think,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.80,0:00:23.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What are these people doing?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.31,0:00:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, in my own life, \None thing sort of led to the other,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.67,0:00:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, before you know it,\Nthere I was on the streets of Vancouver,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.07,0:00:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sign in my hand, heart on my sleeve.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.58,0:00:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good afternoon, everyone,\Nmy name is Ella Van Cleve,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.20,0:00:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm 14 years old,\Nand I am a teenage activist.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.66,0:00:40.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, let's back it up a bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.29,0:00:42.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me it started about two summers ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.91,0:00:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ask any of my friends or family,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.44,0:00:47.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am a bit of an ocean fanatic,\Nand I always have been.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.64,0:00:50.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when a friend introduced me\Nto a documentary about the slaughter
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.90,0:00:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of some 2,000 dolphins\Noff the coast of Taiji, Japan,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.29,0:00:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my world was ultimately \Nturned upside down.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.97,0:00:58.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still, just 12 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.31,0:01:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the oceans had never been anything \Nother than my playground,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.36,0:01:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that was all about to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.68,0:01:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't just simply introduced\Nto a documentary that day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.02,0:01:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was introduced to a world
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.43,0:01:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where sharks were bludgeoned\Nand murdered for their fins,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.31,0:01:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where seals were beaten \Nand skinned alive for their pelts,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.10,0:01:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where whales, the gentle\Ngiants of our oceans,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.57,0:01:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remained lifeless at the surface,\Nblood surging from their bodies.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.54,0:01:24.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This world I was introduced to\Nwas one I became unable to escape,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.45,0:01:27.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet, through all the disasters\Nour oceans have faced,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.13,0:01:29.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from oil spills to acidification,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.03,0:01:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all I could seem to think about\Nwere those 2,000-some-odd dolphins,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.30,0:01:34.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose lives were\Nheartlessly stolen each year.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.21,0:01:37.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, at first glance,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.01,0:01:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Taiji is a community that appears\Nto love dolphins and whales.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.43,0:01:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a deeper look into the culture\Nof their village shows otherwise.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.43,0:01:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each year, from September\Nthrough to March,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.50,0:01:49.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in and around 2,000 dolphins\Nand small whales are slaughtered
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.69,0:01:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Hatajiri Bay, or The Cove.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.45,0:01:54.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, seeing as Japan is a nation
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.39,0:01:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a kill quota of up\Nto 23,000 dolphins and small whales,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.76,0:02:00.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oftentimes people wonder,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.57,0:02:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, what's so special about Taiji?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.72,0:02:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what you will find is that,\Nin terms of the whaling spectrum,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.96,0:02:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Taiji is unique in a number of ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.77,0:02:11.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, one of Taiji's attributes\Nthat really sets it apart,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.58,0:02:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a dolphin hunting community,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.27,0:02:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is how they actually kill their dolphins.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.72,0:02:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, in Taiji they use a method \Nof hunting known as drive fishing,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.18,0:02:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which allows them to take in\Na select number of animals, each season,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.43,0:02:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to send off to captive\Nentertainment facilities.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.48,0:02:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The name "drive fishing"\Nlegitimately refers
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.78,0:02:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to driving a pod of dolphins\Ninto the shore
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.02,0:02:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they are then trapped.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.48,0:02:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fishermen insert \Nlong metal poles into the water,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.86,0:02:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and proceed to bang on the tops\Nof these poles with hammers,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.66,0:02:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the process emitting a very loud\Nand stressful sound for these animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.61,0:02:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, cetaceans, which are\Ndolphins, porpoises and whales,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.78,0:02:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are all highly sensitive to sound.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.09,0:02:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their sonar is what they use to hunt,\Nto communicate, to navigate.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.44,0:02:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really is a highly sophisticated \Nand vital survival tool
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.02,0:02:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that these animals use,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.36,0:02:56.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what the dolphin hunters\Nhave discovered
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.53,0:02:58.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that they can take advantage of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.92,0:03:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The use of the poles in this practice\Nis the fisherman's way of exploiting
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.48,0:03:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the one sense cetaceans \Ncannot live without.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.41,0:03:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in terms of exploitation,\Nthis is merely the tip of the iceberg.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.16,0:03:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the governments that take part\Nin the slaughter of cetaceans
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.22,0:03:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tend to be very secretive\Nabout this practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.80,0:03:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They seem to think that their people\Ndon't need to know
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.40,0:03:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what goes on in their own country,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.18,0:03:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if what's going on \Ncould be hazardous to their own health.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.78,0:03:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Government sure seem to just protect \Nthe big money-making corporations,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.63,0:03:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the people, and not the animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.06,0:03:31.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The majority of dolphins \Ntargeted in this hunt
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.69,0:03:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are marketed and sold\Nas food to the public,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.72,0:03:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the problem with this
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.86,0:03:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that, due to their elevated\Nplace on the food chain,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.64,0:03:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dolphins contain \Nextremely high levels of mercury,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.34,0:03:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making their meat toxic.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.32,0:03:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The recommended total amount
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.75,0:03:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of mercury consumption\Nin seafood, in Japan,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.47,0:03:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is 0.4 parts per million.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.18,0:03:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dolphin meat contains\N2,000 parts per million ...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.34,0:03:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2,000 parts per million!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.67,0:03:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this isn't just\Na question of conservation,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.37,0:04:01.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a question of humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.43,0:04:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's an incredibly small market\Nfor this meat in Japan.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.48,0:04:07.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seeing as less than 1% of the nation\Nactually consumes it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.85,0:04:09.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a result, we're oftentimes seeing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.70,0:04:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's given away free\Nto school systems,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.15,0:04:13.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where children are infected daily
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.91,0:04:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the world's most toxic \Nnon-radioactive element.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.29,0:04:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But hold on.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.50,0:04:21.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, less than 1% of Japan\Nconsumes dolphin meat,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.63,0:04:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet 23,000 are killed each year.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.51,0:04:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where's the logic in that?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.15,0:04:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How are you supposed to profit
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.58,0:04:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a several million-dollar \Nhunting operation,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.16,0:04:32.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when nobody eats the meat?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.87,0:04:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that right there is your answer,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.90,0:04:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it has nothing to do with meat.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.14,0:04:39.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The existence of the Taiji \Nhunting operation
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.83,0:04:42.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relies on this: "Captivity."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.19,0:04:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without all of those glorified\NSeaWorld shows
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.66,0:04:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and swim-with-the-dolphins\Nprograms around the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.24,0:04:49.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this hunt would be nothing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.13,0:04:52.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each morning, several dolphin trainers\Nmake their way to the bay
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.26,0:04:55.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to select the most attractive dolphins\Nfor a life in captivity,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.35,0:04:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oftentimes staying behind \Nto help out with the hunt itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.42,0:05:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the people that we\Nare supposed to believe
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.55,0:05:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,love dolphins more than anyone else\Nin this world, the trainers,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.74,0:05:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are in the water, in the boats,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.67,0:05:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the fishermen that terrorize them\Nfor the last 30 hours of their life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.57,0:05:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It looks like things\Naren't always what they seem.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.38,0:05:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These trainers are generally paying\Nbetween $ 150,000 to $ 300,000
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.56,0:05:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a single dolphin.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.09,0:05:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To put this in perspective,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.49,0:05:25.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a dolphin that sells for its meat \Nsells for around $ 600.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.65,0:05:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you see, the money\Nis coming from the aquariums.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.80,0:05:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Collectively, the fishermen in Taiji
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.57,0:05:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make in and around a million dollars\Noff of their slaughtered catch,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.07,0:05:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but are now, reportedly,\Npaying police forces
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.63,0:05:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,$ 1.5 million to secure the bay.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.24,0:05:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it goes without saying
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.70,0:05:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they're protecting\Nthe approximate $ 3 million
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.08,0:05:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they make off of selling dolphins\Ninto a life of slavery.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.34,0:05:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the work that I've been trying to do\Nin cetacean conservation
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.47,0:05:52.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,initially started in Taiji, \Nbut has progressively moved
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.28,0:05:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,toward this captive \Nentertainment industry.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.69,0:05:57.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took me a while to adjust\Nto the idea of places like SeaWorld
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.88,0:06:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being anything\Neven remotely close to evil,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.33,0:06:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but today I couldn't see myself \Nsupporting them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.86,0:06:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their tie with the slaughter \Nwas enough to make me cringe,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.69,0:06:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but a deeper look has shown
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.02,0:06:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this is simply another\Nlucrative money-making scheme
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.08,0:06:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,governments want to protect.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.68,0:06:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.68,0:06:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,governments seem to only protect\Nthese big name corporations,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.80,0:06:18.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not the people and not the animals.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.88,0:06:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's what you don't see\Nabout captivity
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.96,0:06:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that makes it so unacceptable.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.48,0:06:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cetaceans undergo \Nextreme amounts of stress in captivity.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.06,0:06:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To begin with,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.00,0:06:31.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,capturing the animals themselves\Nis a very violent procedure,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.100,0:06:34.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the travel process isn't much better.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.55,0:06:38.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In what's the aquarium itself,\Neverything simply goes downhill.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.84,0:06:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've already mentioned \Nhow sensitive cetaceans,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.58,0:06:44.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so dolphins, porpoises and whales,\Nall are to sound.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.51,0:06:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, with that in mind, \Nimagine what life would be like
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.10,0:06:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,performing for a clapping \Nand cheering audience several times a day
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.31,0:06:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while spending your breaks \Nswimming around in a tank
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.84,0:06:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose walls are constantly\Nbeing beaten on by small children.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.97,0:06:58.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This stress can oftentimes lead to death,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.55,0:07:01.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is what\Nthe aquariums won't tell you.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.28,0:07:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Canada's very own Marineland
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.16,0:07:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has 29 animals marked\Nas missing, presumed dead,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.25,0:07:08.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on an inventory taken of their park,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.07,0:07:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they won't admit \Nto what has really happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.22,0:07:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marineland and SeaWorld alike \Nstarted for the purpose of profit,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.80,0:07:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not conservation, and nothing's changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.52,0:07:19.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take Junior, for example.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.13,0:07:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Junior was a male killer whale who,\Nin 1990, lived in Marineland Ontario.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.90,0:07:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This same year, undercover video\Nshows him isolated in a minuscule tank
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.80,0:07:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with two other bottlenose dolphins.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.28,0:07:32.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, after his tank mates\Nwere sent to SeaWorld,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.58,0:07:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there Junior stayed, inside the same tank,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.96,0:07:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside the same damp warehouse\Nlocated next to the park.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.76,0:07:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Years later, more undercover\Nvideo shows, in 1994,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.60,0:07:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Junior is still alone and isolated,\Nin that same warehouse,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.90,0:07:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,virtually ignored, alone\Nand lethargic, only 12 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.36,0:07:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, something about the use\Nof a warehouse, in that situation,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.65,0:07:57.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just screams secretive, \Nand that's what it is: secretive.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.67,0:08:01.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Marine parks are full of secrets,\Nthere's always something to hide.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.65,0:08:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nonetheless, people insist \Nthat captivity is vital
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.58,0:08:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in teaching our population\Nnot just about these animals,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.69,0:08:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but how to develop a love for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.18,0:08:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is miseducation.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.10,0:08:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SeaWorld is pushing the image
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.66,0:08:16.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's OK to have a dolphin\Npropel you through the water,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.50,0:08:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it's okay to use\Na killer whale as a surfboard.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.38,0:08:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's actually a federal offense\Nto harass or even approach a dolphin
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.46,0:08:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- or a killer whale,\Nfor that matter - in the wild.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.50,0:08:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How ironic!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.86,0:08:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here's the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.01,0:08:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was about seven, I participated\Nin a swim-with-the-dolphins program.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.57,0:08:35.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Going into it, I was excited,\Nbecause they had dolphins,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.23,0:08:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and like I said, I've always been\Na little bit ocean-crazy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.15,0:08:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went, I fed the dolphin a squid, \Nit kissed me on the cheek,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.07,0:08:43.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I left.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.36,0:08:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It all felt a bit unreal,\NI didn't love dolphins any less that day,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.20,0:08:49.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I sure didn't like them\Nany more than I had
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.41,0:08:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before going into the experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.44,0:08:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I truly fell head over heels\Nin love with these animals
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.50,0:08:58.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was when I experienced an accidental\Nencounter with an orca in the wild.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.27,0:09:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just about two years ago\NI was kayaking off of Willows Beach,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.14,0:09:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right here in Victoria, with my mom,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.86,0:09:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we noticed that, about 10 feet away,\Nthis orca had emerged.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.33,0:09:10.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To have this massive and powerful creature\Ntake some time out of his own life
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.18,0:09:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come see what we were all about
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.90,0:09:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a truly humbling experience,\Nand one I'll never forget.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.49,0:09:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That day, I saw the single most\Nimportant reason captivity doesn't work.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.28,0:09:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I saw them in the wild.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.85,0:09:23.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the words of Jacques Cousteau,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.45,0:09:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No aquarium, no tank in a marineland,\Nhowever spacious it may be,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.46,0:09:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can ever begin to duplicate\Nthe conditions of the sea,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.57,0:09:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and no dolphin who inhabits\None of these tanks
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.98,0:09:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or one of these marine lands
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.45,0:09:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can ever be considered normal."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.96,0:09:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's not just about\Nsaving the dolphins.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.34,0:09:42.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a much bigger problem\Non our hands today,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.100,0:09:45.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's the issue\Nof conserving our oceans.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.37,0:09:46.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So get involved!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.81,0:09:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our world is coming to a point\Nwhere we need drastic action.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.37,0:09:52.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Conservation is not what it used to be,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.25,0:09:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not all hugging trees \Nor saving the tigers.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.77,0:09:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Times have changed.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.19,0:09:59.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't solve all of our problems\Nby going out and recycling,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.39,0:10:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or turning out the lights \Nevery time you leave a room.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.54,0:10:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's happening: our oceans are dying,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.72,0:10:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at a much faster rate\Nthan anyone had initially predicted.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.54,0:10:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have been told that within my lifetime\Nall the world's coral reefs could be gone,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.46,0:10:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless we take that drastic action.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.94,0:10:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, pigs are our ocean's \Nbiggest predator.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.22,0:10:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're consuming more fish \Nthan all of the world's sharks combined.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.72,0:10:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In and around a third of the fish\Nthat we take from our oceans
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.64,0:10:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is made into fish meal.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.12,0:10:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And through this\Nwe're seeing domestic cats
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.36,0:10:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eating more tuna\Nthan all of the world's seals.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.74,0:10:33.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're seeing seabirds starving
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.52,0:10:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the fish that they rely on\Nis being fed to chickens.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.32,0:10:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are destroying our home!
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.22,0:10:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The issues our oceans are facing\Nare being sidelined,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.43,0:10:44.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a world where the ocean\Nis our lifeline.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.100,0:10:48.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a fine balance on Earth,\Nwhere species depend on one another,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.53,0:10:53.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and humans, more than any other species,\Nrely heavily on the life of this planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.26,0:10:55.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even when we look at creatures\Nas small as bees,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.65,0:11:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can see that they can live without us,\Nbut we can't live without them.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.23,0:11:04.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jacques Cousteau also said\Nthat people protect what we love,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.47,0:11:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think it's just about time \Nwe started protecting our home.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.90,0:11:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.07,0:11:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)