Activist Sheds New Light on Dolphins' Fate in Japan

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From Miami Herald --This article profiles the career of Ric O’Barry, dolphin capturer and trainer turned anti-captivity activist.  After experiencing a crisis of consciousness following the death of one of his dolphins, O’Barry took to crusading against cruelty to dolphins in all its forms.  For the past six years he’s been trying to stop the large scale dolphin slaughter that happens in Taiji Japan every year.  He hopes that his involvement in a documentary film about these Japanese dolphin killings called The Cove will help stop dolphin abuse.

“ ''She looked me right in the eye, took a breath and never exhaled. Then, she sank to the bottom of the tank,'' he said. ”

 

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