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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Ric O'Barry

Ric O'Barry stories: 2 news summaries

(Newser) - The Japanese town that triggered a furor after a documentary highlighted its dolphin slaughter is granting a reprieve to 100 of the animals, reports AP. Some 50 dolphins will be sold to aquariums, and the remainder of the 100 trapped for yesterday's first hunt of the season will be released... More »

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Japan • dolphin • Ric O'Barry • dolphins • Flipper • Taiji • The Cove

Japanese Dolphin Cuisine: Cruelty or Culture?

Activists have no right to decry slaughter of Flipper's brethren, locals say

Feb 12, 08 10:35 AM CST
(Newser) - One activist calls the Japanese city of Taiji "ground zero for the largest slaughter of dolphins on planet Earth," but locals want him and his cohorts to mind their own business. Residents of Taiji have been eating dolphin meat for hundreds of years and say they have as... More »

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Japan • dolphin • mercury • Ric O'Barry

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