1. The killing Cove Melissa Shaw, Emiley Day, Lauren Filip, Maureen Kennedy

2. Overview:

3. The documentary film, The Cove, utilizes the rhetorical appeal of pathos to raise awareness about the vicious slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, Japan. Thesis

4. Evidence:

7. Dolphin Depression in Captivity

9. “Pest Control”

10. Video Cliphttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVvvvaySE6I

12. “To us, it certainly amounts to what only can be described as biologicalnonsense.” --- Brazilian Government representative at conference, referring to Japan’s response that dolphins and whales are pests.

14. Loss of hearing

15. Loss of eyesight (“it’s a slow killer”) The Japanese Government was covering up the act of the fisherman killing dolphins!

16. After: In response to the documentary and all the intense pressure, Taiji called for a temporary ban of killing bottlenose dolphins. … but … The hunting and killing of dolphins has started up again because it brings in money for the fishing industry!

17. Want to Help? http://www.takepart.com/TheCove Want more Information? http://thecovemovie.info/