'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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