'Richard O'Barry' (qv) was the man who captured and
trained the dolphins for the television show _"Flipper" (1964)_ (qv).
O'Barry's view of cetaceans in captivity changed from that experience when as
the last straw he saw that one of the dolphins playing Flipper - her name being
Kathy - basically committed suicide in his arms because of the stress of being
in captivity. Since that time, he has become one of the leading advocates
against cetaceans in captivity and for the preservation of cetaceans in the
wild. O'Barry and filmmaker 'Louie Psihoyos' (qv) go about trying to expose one
of what they see as the most cruel acts against wild dolphins in the world in
Taiji, Japan, where dolphins are routinely corralled, either to be sold alive
to aquariums and marine parks, or slaughtered for meat. The primary secluded
cove where this activity is taking place is heavily guarded. O'Barry and
Psihoyos are well known as enemies by the authorities in Taiji, the authorities
who will use whatever tactic to expel the two from Japan forever. O'Barry,
Psihoyos and their team covertly try to film as a document of conclusive
evidence this cruel behavior. They employ among others Hollywood cameramen and
deep sea free divers. They also highlight what is considered the dangerous
consumption of dolphin meat (due to its high concentration of mercury) which is
often sold not as dolphin meat, and the Japanese government's methodical buying
off of poorer third world nations for their support of Japan's whaling
industry, that support most specifically at the International Whaling
Commission.
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