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Muzzling dolphin defender Ric O’Barry, Japanese government awakens Anonymous

January 27, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Amplifies awareness of Taiji dolphin killing          TOKYO,  Japan––“Be careful what you wish for,”  someone might have reminded the government of Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. Seeking to silence global criticism of dolphin slaughters and captures for exhibition,   at the height of the 2015-2016 Taiji dolphin hunting season,  the Japanese government has held dolphin defender […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Japan, Marine life, Marine mammals, Pacific rim, Religion & philosophy, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Anonymous, Helene Hesselager O'Barry, Louis Psihoyos, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry

“I shall return,” Ric O’Barry tells Taiji after torture

January 2, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

New year begins with “Blue Cove Days,”  but probably not for long TAIJI,  Japan––December 2015 concluded and 2016 began with 10 consecutive “Blue Cove Days,”   as Dolphin Project founder Ric O’Barry calls days when no dolphins are killed at the infamous scene near Taiji where the 2009 Academy Award-winning documentary The Cove was covertly filmed. […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Japan, Marine life, Marine mammals, Pacific rim, Religion & philosophy, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Stack Jones, Taiji

Ric O’Barry reports campaign success in China

May 30, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Good news continues from China,  where I have been on a book promotion tour for the Simplified Chinese edition of The Cove,  with Swiss journalist Hans Peter Roth and photographer Sasha Abdolmajid. A user of the Chinese social media platform WeChat posting under the name Enterprise Volunteers on May 23,  2015 merged three media reports […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, China, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Letters, Marine life, Marine mammals, Opinions & Letters, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos, Zoos Tagged With: Enterprise Volunteers, Ric O'Barry, Taiji, WeChat

Will Solomon Islands dolphin hunters profit from crackdown on Taiji?

May 23, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

JAZA says,  “The drive hunt itself is not cruel.”       TOKYO, BERKELEY––The Japanese Association of Zoos & Aquariums may have sunk the profits from “drive fishery” dolphin massacres at Taiji, Japan,  but what does the JAZA decision mean for the apparently bigger “drive fishery” killings at Fanalei, in the Solomon Islands? Facing expulsion […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Top, Japan, Marine life, Marine mammals, Pacific islands & other, Pacific rim, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Christopher Porter, David Phillips, Fanalei, Ric O'Barry, Solomon Islands, Taiji

Out the WA-Zoo for Japanese Association of Zoos & Aquariums

April 25, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

Suspends membership over Taiji dolphin slaughter GENEVA, Switzerland––The World Association of Zoos & Aquariums governing council on April 22, 2015 announced that it had voted unanimously to suspend the membership of the Japanese Association of Zoos & Aquariums. Calling itself WAZA for short, but “The WA-Zoo” to critics,  the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Japan, Marine life, Marine mammals, Pacific rim, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: JAZA, Ric O'Barry, WAZA

Fundraising, FADS, “dolphin safe,” & why Ric O’Barry left Earth Island Institute

December 23, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

The U.S. “dolphin safe” standard accepts the use of FADs at the expense of sharks, sea turtles, and many other marine species BERKELEY, OAKLAND––“FADs are bad,” says dolphin defender Ric O’Barry. By FADs, O’Barry means a fishing method so deadly that he believes it makes a travesty of “dolphin safe” tuna labeling. The U.S. “dolphin […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Middle Left, Japan, Marine life, Marine mammals, Mexico, Pacific rim, Sea turtles, The Americas, Turtles, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: dolphin safe, Earth Island Institute, FADs, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry

Ric O’Barry: “You may have received an e-mail with my name on it, but it was not sent by me”

December 18, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

17 December, 2014 As I write this, I am on the ground at the Cove in Taiji. This is my 11th consecutive year visiting the Cove since I first witnessed the slaughter in 2003. My first trip to Taiji was in 1975, five years after the Dolphin Project was born. On September 30, 2014, I […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Letters, Marine mammals, Opinions & Letters, USA Tagged With: Earth Island Institute, Ric O'Barry

The Ric O’Barry prequels to “The Cove” and “Blackfish”

December 17, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

To Free A Dolphin 2000.  269 pages,  hardcover.  $23.95. Behind The Dolphin Smile 1988, 2000. 300 pages, paperback. $15.95. Both by Ric O Barry with Keith Coulbourn Renaissance Books (5858 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90036.) Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Dolphin Project founder Ric O’Barry is now an internationally recognized film star,  through […]

Filed Under: Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Japan, Marine life, Marine mammals, Pacific rim, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Behind the Dolphin Smile, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, To Free A Dolphin

Waiting for the Rising Sun: Ric O’Barry’s wish for 2015

December 17, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

by Ric O’Barry 16 December, 2014 It’s just after 5:30 a.m., local time in Taiji. I’m at the harbor now, waiting for the sun to rise. From the moment I leave my hotel, I am surrounded by police. I am glad they are here, as they’re professional, respectful and fair to both sides. It’s a […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Top, Japan, Marine life, Marine mammals, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Pacific rim, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Ric O'Barry, Taiji

Nellie, dolphin, lived 61 years at Marineland of Florida

May 14, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

Nellie became the oldest captive-born cetacean on record Nellie, 61, a bottlenose dolphin whose life spanned most of the history of performing dolphins in captivity, died on May 4, 2014 at Marineland of Florida, her home since she was born there on February 27, 1953. The seventh dolphin born at Marineland of Florida, and the […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (animals) Tagged With: Marineland of Florida, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry

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