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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.
Taiji is the only town in Japan where drive hunting still takes place on a large scale. The number of dolphins available for catch in FY2023 set by the Fisheries Agency was 10,920 for Japan as a whole, and the number of dolphins available for catch allocated to the Taiji dolphin drive hunt was 1824. Of these, the actual number of dolphins ...
Dolphin drive hunting, also called dolphin drive fishing, is a method of hunting dolphins and occasionally other small cetaceans by driving them together with boats, usually into a bay or onto a beach. Their escape is prevented by closing off the route to the open sea or ocean with boats and nets.
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Dana Point, where the footage was filmed, was crowned the dolphin and whale watching capital of the world in 2019, according to Capt. Dave’s Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari.
After viewing a YouTube video of four dolphins shipped from Taiji in a swimming pool at a home in Egypt, O'Barry went to Hurghada Egypt [6] to rally local support and get the dolphins moved into a bigger tank. The Minister of Environment issued a statement that no more wild caught mammals would be imported into the country.
The house was originally built in 1927 and redesigned in 1984 by businessman Mark Slotkin. The property boasts a pool and private tennis court, alongside a two-story guesthouse and two-car garage.