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 […]
“I shall return,” Ric O’Barry tells Taiji after torture
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. […]
Ric O’Barry reports campaign success in China
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 […]
Will Solomon Islands dolphin hunters profit from crackdown on Taiji?
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 […]
Waiting for the Rising Sun: Ric O’Barry’s wish for 2015
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 […]