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was the man who captured and trained the dolphins for the television show . OBarrys 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. OBarry and filmmaker Louie Psihoyos (I) 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. OBarry 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. OBarry, 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 governments methodical buying off of poorer third world nations for their support of Japans whaling industry, that support most specifically at the International Whaling Commission.
In Taiji, Japan, local fishermen hide a gruesome secret: the capture and slaughter of dolphins. Activist , who trained dolphins for the TV series, joins forces with filmmaker and the Ocean Preservation Society to expose the brutal practice, risking life and limb in the process.
Richard O'Barry
Self - Earth Island Institute
Louie Psihoyos
Self - Co-Founder, Oceanic Preservation Society
Hardy Jones
Self
Michael Illiff
Self - Institute of Antartica and Southern Ocean Studies, University of Tasmania
Joji Morishita
Self
Ian Campbell
Self
Paul Watson
Self
Doug DeMaster
Self - U.S. Deputy Commissioner for the IWC
Dave Rastovich
Self - Co-Founder, Surfers for Cetaceans
Charles Hambleton
Self
Hayato Sakurai
Self
Kazutaka Sangen
Self
Simon Hutchins
Self
Joe Chisholm
Self
Mandy-Rae Cruikshank
Self
Kirk Krack
Self
Roger Payne
Self
Hideki Moronuki
Self
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