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TOKYO – Sting wants to help save dolphins still being brutally slaughtered in Japan, but says the best way is by starting a debate, not by forcing foreign opinion.
The British music star met backstage at a Tokyo concert hall Wednesday with Ric O'Barry, the star of the "The Cove," the Academy Award-winning documentary that depicts the dolphin hunt in the town of Taiji in southwestern Japan.
The two have been friends since the Sundance Film Festival two years ago, where "The Cove" had its first major showing.
The film, directed by Louie Psihoyos, shows dolphins driven into a cove and stabbed by fishermen on small boats, turning the water red with blood, as the dolphins writhe in agony.
"I was blown away by the movie," Sting told The Associated Press before his concert. "We should not be eating dolphins."
Sting, in Asia for his "Symphonicity" tour, said he's sympathetic to the save-the-dolphins view in "The Cove" but that the best approach is "through dialogue," noting that many Japanese are also outraged by dolphin killing.
O'Barry said Sting and his wife were among the first people to express support for "The Cove." The former Police frontman has spoken out on environmental and humanitarian issues around the world.
The British music star met backstage at a Tokyo concert hall Wednesday with Ric O'Barry, the star of the "The Cove," the Academy Award-winning documentary that depicts the dolphin hunt in the town of Taiji in southwestern Japan.
The two have been friends since the Sundance Film Festival two years ago, where "The Cove" had its first major showing.
The film, directed by Louie Psihoyos, shows dolphins driven into a cove and stabbed by fishermen on small boats, turning the water red with blood, as the dolphins writhe in agony.
"I was blown away by the movie," Sting told The Associated Press before his concert. "We should not be eating dolphins."
Sting, in Asia for his "Symphonicity" tour, said he's sympathetic to the save-the-dolphins view in "The Cove" but that the best approach is "through dialogue," noting that many Japanese are also outraged by dolphin killing.
O'Barry said Sting and his wife were among the first people to express support for "The Cove." The former Police frontman has spoken out on environmental and humanitarian issues around the world.