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'''Richard (Ric) O'Barry''' was first recognized in the 1960’s for capturing and training the five dolphins that were used in the well-known TV series ''[[Flipper]]''. Soon after one of the ''Flipper'' dolphins died in O’Barry’s arms he made a radical transition from training dolphins in captivity to assertively combatting the captivity industry. O'Barry is currently featured in ''[[The Cove]]'', a documentary that uses covert techniques to expose the yearly capture and slaughter of dolphins in Japan. |
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{{Short description|American animal rights activist}} |
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[[File:RicDolphin.jpg|thumb| Ric O'Barry]] |
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| name = Richard "Ric" O'Barry |
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| image = Richard O'Barry, 2009.jpg |
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| caption = Ric O'Barry, 2009 |
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| birth_name = Richard Barry O'Feldman <ref name="earthisland">[https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/magazine/entry/reluctant_warrior/ Profile], earthisland.org. Accessed January 5, 2024.</ref> |
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| birth_date = {{nowrap|{{Birth date and age|1939|10|14}}}} |
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| occupation = Founder and director of Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project |
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| nationality = American |
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| known_for = [[Animal rights activist]] and former animal trainer |
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| website = {{URL|www.DolphinProject.com}} |
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'''Richard''' "'''Ric'''" '''O'Barry''' (born '''Richard Barry O'Feldman'''; October 14, 1939)<ref name="earthisland"/><ref name="smile1988">{{Cite book | last = O'Barry | first = Richard | author2 = Keith Coulbourn | title = Behind the Dolphin Smile | publisher = Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill | year = 1988 | location = Chapel Hill, NC | isbn = 0-912697-79-2 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/behinddolphinsmi00obar }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nymag.com/movies/profiles/57863/|title=The Legacy of Flipper|work=NYMag.com|access-date=October 20, 2017}}</ref> 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 ''[[Flipper (1964 TV series)|Flipper]]''. O'Barry transitioned from training dolphins to instead advocating against industries that keep dolphins in captivity, after one of the ''Flipper'' dolphins died.<ref name="pbs.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/whales/interviews/obarry2.html |title=Interviews - Richard O'Barry | A Whale Of A Business | FRONTLINE |publisher=PBS |access-date=February 5, 2014}}</ref> In 1996, a dolphin was seized from the Sugarloaf Dolphin Sanctuary, a corporation O'Barry worked for, for violating the [[Animal Welfare Act of 1966]].<ref>[http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/pr96/jun96/noaa96-r144.html Dolphin Removed From Unsafe Conditions at Sugarloaf], publicaffairs.noaa.gov. Accessed January 4, 2024. </ref> In 1999, he was fined for violating the [[Marine Mammal Protection Act]] as the result of illegally releasing two dolphins that were not able to survive in the wild.<ref name="animallaw.info">[https://www.animallaw.info/case/matter-richard-obarry In the Matter of: Richard O'Barry, Lloyd A. Good, III, Sugarloaf Dolphin Sanctuary, Inc., The Dolphin Project, Inc., Respondents], animallaw.info. Accessed January 4, 2024.</ref> The dolphins sustained life-threatening injuries. |
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==Biography== |
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O’Barry currently lives in Coconut Grove, Florida and has been fighting against the captivity industry for the past 38 years. In 1989 O’Barry founded the non-profit organization, Dolphin Project Inc., to study Atlantic [[Bottlenose Dolphins]] in estuarine waters. Since 1989 the organization has successfully documented and surveyed over 850 different individual bottlenose dolphins. In addition, O'Barry has written several books to raise awareness about dolphins in captivity including ''Behind the Dolphin Smile'' (1989) and ''To Free a Dolphin'' (2000). |
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In 1970, O'Barry founded the Dolphin Project, a group that aims to educate the public about captivity and, where feasible, free captive dolphins. He was featured in the Academy Award-winning film ''[[The Cove (film)|The Cove]]'' (2009), which used covert techniques to expose the yearly [[dolphin drive hunting]] that goes on in [[Taiji, Wakayama|Taiji]], Japan.{{cn|date=March 2024}} |
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==Flipper== |
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O'Barry began training dolphins in the 1960's with the [[Miami Seaquarium]]. It was while working with the Miami Seaquarium that O'Barry was hired to work on the television series ''[[Flipper]]''. Though O'Barry admits he readily noticed the remarkable intelligence of the mammals he was working with, he also attests to ignoring this factor when weighing it against the large profit he was making from the show. In his own words,"I was young, I had a glamorous job, I was driving a Porsche and it was easy to do." |
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==''Flipper''== |
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[[File:ricflipper1964.jpg|thumb|right| Ric with Flipper 1964, Dolphin Project Archives]] |
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O'Barry started out capturing and training dolphins for the [[Miami Seaquarium]] and through the 1960s became the head trainer for the five dolphins who collectively played Flipper on the popular American TV show, while also serving as [[stunt double]] for show cast member [[Luke Halpin]].<ref name="smile1988" /> O'Barry also trained and performed with the orca Hugo at the Miami Seaquarium.<ref name="Colby, 2018 p311">{{cite book |last=Colby |first=Jason M. |title=Orca: how we came to know and love the ocean's greatest predator |year=2018 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford |isbn=9780190673116 |page=311}}</ref><ref name="About Ric O'Barry">{{cite web |title=About Ric O'Barry |url=https://www.dolphinproject.com/about-us/about-ric-obarry/ |publisher=Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project |access-date=August 19, 2023 |date=2023}}</ref> When, in early 1970, a few years after production of ''Flipper'' had ended, Kathy, the dolphin who most often played Flipper, did not resurface for air, O'Barry considered the possibility that she had committed suicide. He later concluded that capturing, displaying, and training dolphins to perform tricks is wrong.<ref name="pbs.org"/> |
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==Activism== |
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When one of the five ''Flipper''(s), a bottlenose dolphin named Kathy, died O'Barry could no longer deny the severity and potentially fatal consequences of the captivity industry he had helped to establish. O'Barry maintains that Kathy died from a form of suicide. He supports this claim with the widely acknowledged fact that all [[cetaceans]] are voluntary air-breathers and all dolphins are of the order Cetacea. Unlike humans, and many other land-dwelling mammals, a dolphin has the ability to choose when it takes a breathe, or consequently when it does not. According to O'Barry, after weeks of showing signs of depression Kathy swam into his arms, opened her blowhole to take a breathe and then never took another. |
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On [[Earth Day]] in 1970, O'Barry founded Dolphin Project, an organization dedicated to educating the public about the plight of dolphins in captivity. He also pioneered work to demonstrate rehabilitation and release as a viable alternative for captive dolphins. O'Barry has since released over twenty-five captive dolphins in Haiti, Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Brazil, The Bahamas and the United States.{{cn|date=March 2024}} |
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For more than 40 years, he has spoken about the harmful effects of captivity on dolphins at lectures and conferences around the world. In 1991 in recognition of his contribution to the protection of dolphins, O'Barry received an Environmental Achievement Award, presented by the US Committee for the United Nations Environmental Program. In 2007, Ric and Helene O'Barry became consultants for the [[Earth Island Institute]]'s International Marine Mammal Project.<ref>[http://www.earthisland.org/assets/2007AnnualReport.pdf Earth Island Institute Annual Report], earthisland.org. Accessed January 4, 2024.</ref> |
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Directly following Kathy's death O'Barry released his first dolphin from a sea pen holding off the island of Bimini. Then in 1970, on the first [[Earth Day]], he founded the original Dolphin Project with the primary goal of releasing dolphins from captivity. |
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O'Barry resigned from his position at the Earth Island Institute in September 2014, due to disagreements with its management regarding the acceptance of funds from the tuna industry, and its use of [[Fish Aggregation Device]]s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.animals24-7.org/2014/12/23/fundraising-fads-dolphin-safe-why-ric-obarry-left-earth-island-institute|title=Fundraising, FADS, "dolphin safe," & why Ric O'Barry left Earth Island Institute|date=December 23, 2014|work=Animals 24-7|access-date=October 20, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dolphinproject.net/blog/post/an-important-note-from-ric-obarry-2/|title=An Urgent Message From Ric O'Barry {{!}} Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project|website=dolphinproject.net|date=January 3, 2015 |language=en-US|access-date=October 20, 2017}}</ref> |
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==Current Work== |
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Most recently, O’Barry has become a member of the [[Oceanic Preservation Society]] (OPS) and served as campaign director for the Save Japan Dolphins group. He also worked on the feature length documentary ''[[The Cove]]'', directed by [[Louie Psihoyos]]. The 2009 film centers on [[Taiji, Wakayama]] in Japan, bringing attention to the twenty-three thousands dolphins that are killed there every year. ''The Cove'' utilizes equipment and tactics never previously used by filmmakers in order to obtain footage that the Japanese government refused to allow the film crew to capture. |
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O’Barry is co-author of three books, ''Behind the Dolphin Smile'', ''To Free a Dolphin'' (both with Keith Colbourne) and most recently ''Die Bucht'' about dolphins and the making of ''The Cove'' (published in Germany with Hans Peter Roth). O'Barry is a Fellow National in the [[Explorers Club]]. Living in [[Coconut Grove, Florida]],<ref name="smile1988" /> He is Founder/Director of the non-profit organization, Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project Inc.<ref>{{cite news| title = Santa Lucía Journal; Flipper's Trainer in Crusade Against Dolphin Exploitation| work = The New York Times| date = July 3, 2001| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/03/world/santa-lucia-journal-flipper-s-trainer-in-crusade-against-dolphin-exploitation.html?scp=4&sq=Ric%20O%27Barry&st=nyt&pagewanted= | first=David| last=Gonzalez| access-date=May 22, 2010}}</ref> His Dolphin Project leads an international effort to stop the killing of dolphins, end the trafficking in live dolphins to theme parks and captive swim-with-the-dolphins attractions and continues to lecture and speak out against the captivity industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://earthisland.org/immp/ |title=International Marine Mammal Project - Earth Island Institute |publisher=Earthisland.org |access-date=February 5, 2014}}</ref> |
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In 2018, O'Barry was noted in the book, ''Rescuing Ladybugs''<ref name="skiff">Jennifer Skiff, Rescuing Ladybugs: ''Inspirational Encounters with Animals That Changed the World'', New World Library, 2018, pp. 188, 191</ref> by author and animal advocate [[Jennifer Skiff]] as “the man leading the global fight to protect dolphins” after being moved to action after witnessing the death of a dolphin named Kathy who he had trained while employed by the Miami Seaquarium.<ref name="skiff"/> |
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Psihoyos and O'Barry met at a marine conference where O'Barry was scheduled to be a keynote speaker. When the event's sponsor, Sea World, suddenly removed O'Barry from the event Psihoyos was curious to know why. O'Barry informed Psihoyos of his mission against the captivity industry. In particular, O'Barry mentioned Taiji where the capture and slaughter of dolphins is an annual tradition taking place between September and March. When the two made a trip to Japan Psihoyos found that "the cove" was actually a National Park that the government had fenced off and prohibited the public from venturing into. Together O'Barry, Psihoyos, and a specially selected film crew devised a plan to get the annual killing on camera. What the team uncovered was an industry making over 2 billion dollars a year on captured cetaceans, government corruption, a human health hazard due to [[mercury poisoning]], and a massive killing of mammals that goes virtually unnoticed by most of the world. |
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==Violation of the ''Marine Mammal Protection Act''== |
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O'Barry comments on the information discovered during the making of the movie: |
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In 1996, O'Barry and Lloyd A. Good III, working on behalf of Sugarloaf Dolphin Sanctuary and The Dolphin Project, violated the [[Marine Mammal Protection Act]], a federal law that prohibits harassment of marine mammals. O'Barry violated federal law by releasing two dolphins that formerly participated in the U.S. Navy's marine mammal training program without properly preparing them for life in the wild.<ref name="animallaw.info"/> The dolphins, "Luther" and "Buck", were illegally transported without a permit from the U.S. Navy facility in San Diego, California to [[Key West, Florida]] despite their lack of skills that O'Barry and Good acknowledged were necessary for survival. As a result, Buck and Luther sustained life-threatening injuries and were found emaciated, begging for food, with deep laceration wounds by biologists from the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] and required capture to nurse them back to health.<ref>[https://marineanimalwelfare.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_19.html The Sugarloaf Dolphin Releases], marineanimalwelfare.blogspot.com. Accessed January 4, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://dolphins.org/marine_mammal_law?aid=2 Marine Mammal Law - Dolphin Research Center], dolphins.org. Accessed January 4, 2024.</ref> O'Barry and Good were found guilty and charged civil penalties of $59,500 in 1999.<ref>[https://www.animallaw.info/case/matter-richard-obarry O'Barry and Good convictions], animallaw.info. Accessed March 27, 2024.</ref> |
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"What we've found is that dolphin meat is actually poison. It has more mercury in it than the fish that sickened the town of [[Minimata]]...Hopefully, this movie will accomplish what Japanese newspapers and television broadcasters have failed to accomplish." |
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==''The Cove''== |
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{{Main|The Cove (film)}} |
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O'Barry was featured in the Academy Award-winning feature-length documentary ''[[The Cove (film)|The Cove]]'', directed by [[Louie Psihoyos]] which investigates links between the killing, capture, trade and display of dolphins all over the world. The 2009 film centers on [[Taiji, Wakayama]], Japan, drawing attention to the hunt of about 2,000<!-- Read the reliable reference sources before attempting to change this figure --> dolphins taking place there every year.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.jfa.maff.go.jp/j/whale/w_document/pdf/h12_progress_report.pdf |
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| title = Japan Progress Report on Small Cetacean Researches; May 2000 to May 2001 |
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| author = Toshihide Iwasaki and Hidehiro Kato |
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| publisher = Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
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| access-date = December 22, 2009 |
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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |
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| url = http://www.jfa.maff.go.jp/j/whale/w_document/pdf/h13_progress_report.pdf |
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| title = Japan. Progress report on small cetacean research; June 2001 to April 2002 |
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| author = Toshihide Iwasaki |
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| publisher = Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
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| access-date = December 22, 2009 |
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| url = http://www.jfa.maff.go.jp/j/whale/w_document/pdf/h14_progress_report.pdf |
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| title = Japan. Progress report on small cetacean research; May 2002 to March 2003 |
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| author = Toshihide Iwasaki |
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| publisher = Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
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| access-date = December 22, 2009 |
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| url = http://www.jfa.maff.go.jp/j/whale/w_document/pdf/h15_progress_report.pdf |
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| title = Japan. Progress report on small cetacean research; April 2003 to April 2004 |
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| publisher = Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
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| access-date = December 22, 2009 |
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| url = http://www.jfa.maff.go.jp/j/whale/w_document/pdf/h16_progress_report.pdf |
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| title = Japan. Progress report on small cetacean research; May 2004 to April 2005 |
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| publisher = Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
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| access-date = December 22, 2009 |
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| url = http://www.jfa.maff.go.jp/j/whale/w_document/pdf/h17_progress_report.pdf |
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| title = Japan. Progress report on small cetacean research; May 2005 to April 2006, with statistical data for the calendar year 2005 |
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| author = Toshihide Iwasaki |
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| publisher = Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
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| access-date = December 22, 2009 |
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| url = http://www.jfa.maff.go.jp/j/whale/w_document/pdf/h18_progress_report.pdf |
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| title = Japan. Progress report on small cetacean research; May 2006 to March 2007, with statistical data for the calendar year 2006 |
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| author = Toshihide Iwasaki |
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| publisher = Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
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| access-date = December 22, 2009 |
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| url = http://www.jfa.maff.go.jp/j/whale/w_document/pdf/h19_progress_report.pdf |
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| title = Japan. Progress report on small cetacean research; April 2007 to March 2008, with statistical data for the calendar year 2007 |
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| author = Toshihide Iwasaki |
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| publisher = Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries |
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| access-date = December 22, 2009 |
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| url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/08/the-cove-oscar-speech-get_n_490305.html |
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| title = 'The Cove' Oscar Speech Gets Cut Off For Activist Message |
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| work = The Huffington Post |
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| format = PDF |
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| access-date = January 17, 2011 |
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O’Barry and his son, [[Lincoln O'Barry|Lincoln]], created the television series ''Blood Dolphin$'' for [[Discovery Channel]]'s Animal Planet, which continues on where ''The Cove'' left off.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1705083/ ''Blood Dolphin$''], imdb.com. Accessed January 4, 2024.</ref> |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.thecovemovie.com/ ''The Cove''] |
*[http://www.thecovemovie.com/ ''The Cove''] |
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*[http://dolphinproject.com/ Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project] |
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*{{IMDb name|0639337|Richard O'Barry}} |
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*[http://www.savejapandolphins.org/ Save Japan Dolphins] |
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*[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-cove-2009 Review of ''The Cove''] |
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*[http://www.amazon.com/Behind-Dolphin-Smile-Hearts-Everywhere/dp/1580631010/ref=pd_sim_b_1 Amazon: ''Behind the Dolphin Smile''] |
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*{{imdb name|0639337|Richard O'Barry}} |
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*[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090805/REVIEWS/908059989 "Review of The Cove"] |
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Latest revision as of 00:47, 9 August 2024
Richard "Ric" O'Barry | |
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Born | Richard Barry O'Feldman [1] October 14, 1939 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Founder and director of Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project |
Known for | Animal rights activist and former animal trainer |
Website | www |
Richard "Ric" O'Barry (born Richard Barry O'Feldman; October 14, 1939)[1][2][3] 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 Flipper. O'Barry transitioned from training dolphins to instead advocating against industries that keep dolphins in captivity, after one of the Flipper dolphins died.[4] In 1996, a dolphin was seized from the Sugarloaf Dolphin Sanctuary, a corporation O'Barry worked for, for violating the Animal Welfare Act of 1966.[5] In 1999, he was fined for violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act as the result of illegally releasing two dolphins that were not able to survive in the wild.[6] The dolphins sustained life-threatening injuries.
In 1970, O'Barry founded the Dolphin Project, a group that aims to educate the public about captivity and, where feasible, free captive dolphins. He was featured in the Academy Award-winning film The Cove (2009), which used covert techniques to expose the yearly dolphin drive hunting that goes on in Taiji, Japan.[citation needed]
Flipper
[edit]O'Barry started out capturing and training dolphins for the Miami Seaquarium and through the 1960s became the head trainer for the five dolphins who collectively played Flipper on the popular American TV show, while also serving as stunt double for show cast member Luke Halpin.[2] O'Barry also trained and performed with the orca Hugo at the Miami Seaquarium.[7][8] When, in early 1970, a few years after production of Flipper had ended, Kathy, the dolphin who most often played Flipper, did not resurface for air, O'Barry considered the possibility that she had committed suicide. He later concluded that capturing, displaying, and training dolphins to perform tricks is wrong.[4]
Activism
[edit]On Earth Day in 1970, O'Barry founded Dolphin Project, an organization dedicated to educating the public about the plight of dolphins in captivity. He also pioneered work to demonstrate rehabilitation and release as a viable alternative for captive dolphins. O'Barry has since released over twenty-five captive dolphins in Haiti, Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Brazil, The Bahamas and the United States.[citation needed]
For more than 40 years, he has spoken about the harmful effects of captivity on dolphins at lectures and conferences around the world. In 1991 in recognition of his contribution to the protection of dolphins, O'Barry received an Environmental Achievement Award, presented by the US Committee for the United Nations Environmental Program. In 2007, Ric and Helene O'Barry became consultants for the Earth Island Institute's International Marine Mammal Project.[9]
O'Barry resigned from his position at the Earth Island Institute in September 2014, due to disagreements with its management regarding the acceptance of funds from the tuna industry, and its use of Fish Aggregation Devices.[10][11]
O’Barry is co-author of three books, Behind the Dolphin Smile, To Free a Dolphin (both with Keith Colbourne) and most recently Die Bucht about dolphins and the making of The Cove (published in Germany with Hans Peter Roth). O'Barry is a Fellow National in the Explorers Club. Living in Coconut Grove, Florida,[2] He is Founder/Director of the non-profit organization, Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project Inc.[12] His Dolphin Project leads an international effort to stop the killing of dolphins, end the trafficking in live dolphins to theme parks and captive swim-with-the-dolphins attractions and continues to lecture and speak out against the captivity industry.[13]
In 2018, O'Barry was noted in the book, Rescuing Ladybugs[14] by author and animal advocate Jennifer Skiff as “the man leading the global fight to protect dolphins” after being moved to action after witnessing the death of a dolphin named Kathy who he had trained while employed by the Miami Seaquarium.[14]
Violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act
[edit]In 1996, O'Barry and Lloyd A. Good III, working on behalf of Sugarloaf Dolphin Sanctuary and The Dolphin Project, violated the Marine Mammal Protection Act, a federal law that prohibits harassment of marine mammals. O'Barry violated federal law by releasing two dolphins that formerly participated in the U.S. Navy's marine mammal training program without properly preparing them for life in the wild.[6] The dolphins, "Luther" and "Buck", were illegally transported without a permit from the U.S. Navy facility in San Diego, California to Key West, Florida despite their lack of skills that O'Barry and Good acknowledged were necessary for survival. As a result, Buck and Luther sustained life-threatening injuries and were found emaciated, begging for food, with deep laceration wounds by biologists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and required capture to nurse them back to health.[15][16] O'Barry and Good were found guilty and charged civil penalties of $59,500 in 1999.[17]
The Cove
[edit]O'Barry was featured in the Academy Award-winning feature-length documentary The Cove, directed by Louie Psihoyos which investigates links between the killing, capture, trade and display of dolphins all over the world. The 2009 film centers on Taiji, Wakayama, Japan, drawing attention to the hunt of about 2,000 dolphins taking place there every year.[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
O’Barry and his son, Lincoln, created the television series Blood Dolphin$ for Discovery Channel's Animal Planet, which continues on where The Cove left off.[27]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Profile, earthisland.org. Accessed January 5, 2024.
- ^ a b c O'Barry, Richard; Keith Coulbourn (1988). Behind the Dolphin Smile. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. ISBN 0-912697-79-2.
- ^ "The Legacy of Flipper". NYMag.com. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
- ^ a b "Interviews - Richard O'Barry | A Whale Of A Business | FRONTLINE". PBS. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
- ^ Dolphin Removed From Unsafe Conditions at Sugarloaf, publicaffairs.noaa.gov. Accessed January 4, 2024.
- ^ a b In the Matter of: Richard O'Barry, Lloyd A. Good, III, Sugarloaf Dolphin Sanctuary, Inc., The Dolphin Project, Inc., Respondents, animallaw.info. Accessed January 4, 2024.
- ^ Colby, Jason M. (2018). Orca: how we came to know and love the ocean's greatest predator. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 311. ISBN 9780190673116.
- ^ "About Ric O'Barry". Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project. 2023. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
- ^ Earth Island Institute Annual Report, earthisland.org. Accessed January 4, 2024.
- ^ "Fundraising, FADS, "dolphin safe," & why Ric O'Barry left Earth Island Institute". Animals 24-7. December 23, 2014. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
- ^ "An Urgent Message From Ric O'Barry | Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project". dolphinproject.net. January 3, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
- ^ Gonzalez, David (July 3, 2001). "Santa Lucía Journal; Flipper's Trainer in Crusade Against Dolphin Exploitation". The New York Times. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
- ^ "International Marine Mammal Project - Earth Island Institute". Earthisland.org. Retrieved February 5, 2014.
- ^ a b Jennifer Skiff, Rescuing Ladybugs: Inspirational Encounters with Animals That Changed the World, New World Library, 2018, pp. 188, 191
- ^ The Sugarloaf Dolphin Releases, marineanimalwelfare.blogspot.com. Accessed January 4, 2024.
- ^ Marine Mammal Law - Dolphin Research Center, dolphins.org. Accessed January 4, 2024.
- ^ O'Barry and Good convictions, animallaw.info. Accessed March 27, 2024.
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