Oceanic Protection Society busts LA restaurant serving endangered #whale meat
Oscar winning The Cove Movie team undertake covert mission to expose “The Hump”.
The target: Los Angeles sushi restaurant “The Hump”, suspected of serving meat from the endangered Sei Whale. The act is a rare occurrence in the US, but underscores the illegitimacy of Japan’s scientific whaling program.
Armed with hidden cameras and microphones, the OPS team worked with federal agents to uncover the illegal activity.
Louie Psihoyos, director of the Cove broke the story to The New York Times just hours after accepting the Academy Award® for The Cove. Read more [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/us/09sushi.html] about how the sting operation was carried out.