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Protester wins damages from Taiji Whale Museum

April 5, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Court holds exclusion of Australian to be racial discrimination          TOKYO,  Japan––The Wakayama District Court,  of Wakayama Prefecture,  Japan,   on March 25,  2016 ordered the coastal whaling town of Taiji to pay Australia for Dolphins founder Sarah Lucas 110,000 yen ($907 U.S.) in damages for illegally barring her from the Taiji Whale Museum. While the […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Australia & New Zealand, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Japan, Marine life, Marine mammals, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Religion & philosophy, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Alastair Lucas, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Sarah Lucas, Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture

“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

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

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