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In reply to the discussion: Family Mad After Dolphin Bites Girl at SeaWorld, But 8-year-old broke the rules (video) [View all]jberryhill
(62,444 posts)I eat meat, have pets, and am not some commune-dwelling Birkenstock clad mad prophet.
You do not know what you are talking about.
http://www.bluevoice.org/news_dolphinshow.php
Do you know where these dolphins come from?
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In 2009 a documentary entitled The Cove was released to great critical acclaim. It won the Academy Award for best documentary as well as a host of other top prizes. Its content focused on Taiji, Japan and the annual dolphin culling that happens there. The film also explored the connection between the killing grounds at Taiji and the distribution of dolphins from this place to aquariums worldwide.
The Cove presents several interviews with Ric OBarry. He was the man who had captured and trained the dolphins for the television show Flipper in the 1960s. After seeing his dolphins transferred to aquariums and what it did to them psychologically he has devoted his life to liberating dolphins from captivity.