Back in 2003, the highest grossing movie was Finding Nemo, and that year Finding Nemo was competing with Pirates of the Caribbean, The Matrix Reloaded and the third Lord of the Rings movie. And it is understandable: the Pixar animation work is genius. The characters are funny and touching at times.The storyline is thoughtful and speaks to a wide audience.

But what really compels me about the story of Finding Nemo is its animal rights dimension. For the first time ever, we had a movie depicting fish and other sea life as individual sentient creatures. Of course, they were anthropomorphized to a certain degree, but still, for once they were represented as more than food.

More than that, the whole plot of the movie revolved around an act of animal abuse. The capture and captivity of Nemo in an aquarium. The habit humans have of turning marine life into decoration. And this is the topic of today's episode. And to discuss this issue, I have with me Gwendolyn Church, the founder of Friends of Phillip, a fish and aquatic animal sanctuary based in Reno, Nevada in the United States.

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Music: "Nemo Egg" by Thomas Newman