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The film follows former-dolphin-trainer-turned-activist Ric O'Barry's quest to document the dolphin hunting operations in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan.In the 1960s, O'Barry helped capture and train the five wild dolphins who shared the role of "Flipper" in the hit television series of the same name.
The Taiji dolphin drive hunt is based on driving dolphins and other small cetaceans into a small bay where they can be killed or captured for their meat and for sale to dolphinariums The new primary killing method is done by cutting the spinal cord of the dolphin, a method that claims to decrease the mammal's time to death. [ 1 ]
Ric O'Barry in West Bali assisting with the construction of a seapen for ex performing dolphins. Richard "Ric" O'Barry (born Richard Barry O'Feldman; October 14, 1939) [1] [2] [3] is an American animal rights activist and former animal trainer who was first recognized in the 1960s for capturing and training the five dolphins that were used in the TV series Flipper.
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The dolphin was known for participating in strand feeding, a tourist attraction in South Carolina that occurs when bottlenose dolphins use their bodies to drive terrified fish onto shore, experts say.
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Taiji was elevated to town status on April 1, 1925. In 1988, a ruling by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) caused Taiji to suspend commercial whaling. However, the town continues to hunt small whales and dolphins. Taiji's annual dolphin hunt is a subject of controversy and the town faces continued pressure from protest groups. [4]
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