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An Open Letter To The Mayor of Taiji
December 1, 2010 Mayor Kazutaka Sangen Taiji-cho Town Hall 3767-1 Taiji-cho Higashimuro-gun Wakayama Prefecture 649-5171 Japan I hope you and the people of Taiji are doing well. As you know, I chose not to take part in your meeting in Taiji on November 2nd, because I felt the restrictions placed on participants and media were unfair and restricted the dialog that we both are seeking
Ric O’Barry Of Earth Island Institute to Participate in Public Discussion with Mayor of Taiji about Dolphin Hunts
MEDIA RELEASE * MEDIA RELEASE October 27, 2010 Ric O’Barry Of Earth Island Institute to Participate in Public Discussion with Mayor of Taiji about Dolphin Hunts Ric O’Barry, long-time dolphin activist for Earth Island Institute and subject of the Oscar-Winning THE COVE, has accepted an invitation to participate in a public discussion about dolphin hunting with Taiji Mayor Kazutaka Sangen, members of the fisheries union and other anti-dolphin hunting groups. The event, which will take place at 10 a.m., Nov. 2 at the Taiji Community Center, is being organized by Mr
From Leilani: Up Close at the Slaughterhouse in Taiji
By Ric O’Barry Campaign Director Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute See Leilani’s YouTube video and stills: Leilani Münter, race car driver and volunteer for the dolphins, called me yesterday. She is in Taiji with a camera crew, checking out the Cove in Taiji as well as promoting eco-tourism in Japan. She is my personal representative for the dolphins at the Cove this week
Ric In Egypt to Help Dolphins Exported from Taiji
By Ric O’Barry Campaign Director Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute I am in Hurghada, Egypt, where four dolphins from Taiji were sent to populate a new oceanarium being built here. Unfortunately, five more dolphins have been ordered from Taiji.
We Are Canceling Our Plans in Taiji for Sept. 1st
By Ric O’Barry Campaign Director Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute For several important reasons, we have decided to cancel our plans in Taiji, Japan for Sept. 1st.
OLD NIC’S NOTEBOOK: A meeting of minds
By C.W. NICOL From: THE JAPAN TIMES Last month, dolphin-welfare campaigner Ric O’Barry visited me in the Nagano hills, where we discussed the Taiji dolphin cull and what’s happening to marine mammals worldwide. Photo: Slow deaths: When C.W.
