Many of us are fully aware of how several of the world's sea creatures are on the brink of extinction. In
At the Edge of the World, director Dan Stone (pictured right) introduces us to
members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society who protect whales and other animals from poachers from various part of the world.
At the end of the film Stone was joined by Paul Watson, a Canadian activist who leads several of the groups for Sea Shepherd. They received a standing ovation. The film showed the lengths to which Watson and his crew will go to save these animals; not everyone will agree with how they go about it but at least they are doing something. Stone mentioned that getting involved in the "animal protection movement is a large fundraising campaing." He wanted to present what happens at the scene, while Sea Shepherd crews are in the midsts of saving the whales.
Watson shared a story about witnessing a male whale being harpooned back in 1975. He caught the whale's eye... "I saw something else... pity." That event made it more poignant for him to continue on this mission. The audience sat silence for a while. In his words, "if the oceans die, we die." This is a reminder of how all in the world is connected... flora, fauna, humans alike; it's a symbiotic relationship.
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