I fell asleep on the Academy Awards, but my husband kept waking me up. One of his outbursts occurred during the acceptance speech for The Cove. “They cut him off!” was all I heard. Then back to sleep.

I can’t see The Cove because it would be too upsetting for me. The movie exposes the slaughter thousands of dolphins and porpoises in Taiji, Japan being sold as food around Asia. Let’s just say that I’m behind the cause and I can spread the word.

If you missed The Oscars like I did, the subject of the documentary, Ric O’Barry, held up a sign on how to help the dolphins, but he was quickly cut off.

O’Barry captured and trained the first five Flipper dolphins during the 60s. He later regretted it and dedicated his life to protecting the highly intelligent species.

So what was it that O’Barry was trying to say?

Well, the sign he was holding said “Text Dolphin to 44144”. In doing so, you will receive information on how to help end the slaughter of dolphins in Taiji. Of course you can always look at the Take Part website also.