The Cove (film)
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The Cove is a 2009 American documentary film directed by Louie Psihoyos that analyzes and questions dolphin hunting practices in Japan. The film is a call to action to halt mass dolphin kills and capt
Film poster featuring a photograph of Canadian freediving world champion Mandy-Rae Cruickshank swimming with dolphins
Ric O'Barry at the Cove in Taiji, Japan, in 2014
Ric O'Barry
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Richard O'Barry is an American animal rights activist and former animal trainer who was first recognized in the 1960s for capturing and training the five dolphins that were used in the TV series Flipp
The Cove (film)
…annual Sundance Film Festival in January 2009, selected out of 879 submissions in the category. The film follows former-dolphin-trainer-turned-activist Ric O'Barry's quest to document the dolphin hunting operations in Taiji, Wakayama, Japan. In the 1960s, O'Barry helped capture and train the five wild dolphins who…
Ric O'Barry, 2009
Ric O'Barry in West Bali assisting with the construction of a seapen for ex performing dolphins
Ric O'Barry awaits a press conference in Jakarta, 2013