John Leguizamo and Ric O’Barry will light the Empire State building bright red in honor of the dolphins of the cove.
Ric O’Barry was the man who caught and trained several dolhpins to play Flipper on the old tv show. He soon after turned into one of the biggest activists for dolphins.
About the Empire State building lighting, Ric wrote on his blog:
“This whole idea was hatched by Leilani Munter, our racecar driver volunteer who was at the Cove earlier this year as a monitor for Save Japan Dolphins.
She convinced the owners of the Empire State Building to host a special lighting ceremony to remind people about the plight of dolphins in Japan. Leilani will be joining us in New York.”
Also joining them, is John Leguizamo and the director of the movie The Cove, the documentary all about the Japanese dolphin slaughter.
Ric continued writing, saying:
“We need to let the people of Japan know what is happening in Taiji and other remote ports of Japan, where the government Japan Fisheries Agency issues permits to kill dolphins for meat – meat that is highly contaminated with mercury and other pollutants.
Before the people of Japan can stop their government from supporting this annual slaughter, they need to know about it. And what better way than to light up the iconic Empire State Building in New York, the ‘World’s Most Famous Office Building’, in red lights?”
It’s good to know there are some people that are really actively fighting the dolphin slaughter.
Save the dolphins!
[Image via Patrick Hoffmann/WENN.]