Richard O'Barry
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard (Ric) O'Barry (born c. 1939 ) was first recognized in the 1960s for capturing and training the five dolphins that were used in the well-known TV series Flipper. O'Barry made a radical transition from training dolphins in captivity to assertively combating the captivity industry soon after Kathy, one of the Flipper dolphins, died, committing suicide in his arms, according to O'Barry . In 1970 he 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ric O'Barry, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2021 ·Seaspiracyas Self
- 2019 ·Long Gone Wildas Himself
- 2014 ·Give Me Shelteras Himself - Animal Advocate
- 2009 ·The Coveas Self
- 2003 ·Lolita: Slave to Entertainmentas himself
- 1997 ·Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploias Self
- 1981 ·Absence of Maliceas Driver
- 1980 ·Island Clawsas Charley
- 1976 ·Mako: The Jaws of Deathas 1st Patrolman
- 1975 ·Beyond the Bermuda Triangleas Doyle
- 1974 ·Lennyas Court Clerk
- 1967 ·Gentle Giantas Mate
- 1964 ·Flipper's New Adventureas Veterinarian