Ric O’Barry is founder of the Dolphin Project, a group that aims to educate the public about dolphin captivity. He was featured in the Academy Award-winning film ‘The Cove’ which used covert techniques to expose the yearly dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan.
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EPISODE LINKS
https://www.dolphinproject.com
https://www.instagram.com/richardobarry
https://twitter.com/RichardOBarry
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OUTLINE
00:00 – Russian spy whale
10:51 – “The Cove” documentary
23:44 – Japanese Yakuza mafia
32:33 – Money for dolphins
42:01 – Ric’s secret war against Japan
50:29 – Who is buying dolphins from Japan
52:06 – Confiscating dolphins
54:25 – Keiko the Orca (Free Willy)
01:02:07 – Keiko’s death coverup
01:04:42 – SeaWorld trainer deaths
01:12:16 – “Rescue” aquariums
01:16:32 – Working with Flipper in 1950’s
01:29:32 – Living with dolphins
01:36:32 – John Lily’s grant from NASA to study dolphins
01:47:51 – Dolphin suicides
01:52:34 – Dolphin healing therapy myth
01:58:29 – Ric’s thumb blown off
02:05:48 – SeaWorld spies
02:12:19 – Fixing dolphin captivity
02:20:46 – dolphin trainer stockholm syndrome
02:26:15 – Yakuza fighting documentary