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The star of the Oscar-winning movie about dolphin-killing in Japan had only praise for a small island off the eastern coast that thrives on snorkeling with dolphins, and he urged the rest of the ...

What do you give a man who's already starred in an Oscar-winning documentary and owns a slot on Oprah's 2010 Power List? A street in South Miami, of course! Dolphin activist Richard O'Barry was ...

The Cove’s Richard O’Barry on Secret Dolphin Slaughter — and Flipper’s SuicideThe dolphin “abolitionist” speaks to us about watching TV with Flipper and dodging the yakuza.

TOKYO (AP) — An aquarium in a Japanese town known for dolphin hunts is being sued by an American activist who says denying him entry is discriminatory. The lawsuit filed by former dolphin trainer Ric ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has ordered the deportation of Ric O'Barry, the star of the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove," about a Japanese village that hunts dolphins. But he has refused to leave, ...

TAIJI, Japan - All Ric O'Barry wants is to stop the killing, so the dolphin trainer for the 1960s "Flipper" TV series figured the natural place to start was in this seaside Japanese town. The American ...