On AlterNet: dolphins

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "dolphins"

Dolphins Escape as Nets Are Cut During Japan's Annual Hunt

AFPSeptember 30, 2010.

Every year, fishermen in Taiji herd about 2,000 dolphins into a shallow bay, select several dozen for sale to aquariums and marine parks and harpoon the rest for meat.

Dolphin Slaughter Resumes in Japan

Jaymi Heimbuch, TreeHugger. September 2, 2010.

Activist Ric O'Barry delivered a petition to the US Embassy in Tokyo signed by 1.7 million people from 155 countries demanding an end to the hunt.

Star of Oscar Winning 'The Cove' Recaps His On-Stage Political Action and the Academy's Censorship

Jason Mark, Earth Island Journal. March 8, 2010.

Ric O'Barry make the best of his few moments on stage at the Oscars to make a brave gesture in defense of dolphins.

Ric O'Barry: The Man Behind the Crusade to Save Dolphins From Japan's Slaughter

Jason Mark, Earth Island Journal. December 29, 2009.

Ric O'Barry would love to be at home watering his bamboo and playing with his five-year-old daughter. Instead, he spends most of his time with people who hate him.

Has Japan's Dolphin Slaughter Been Prevented?

Tara Lohan, AlterNet AlterNet: Water. September 1, 2009.

Media presence in Taiji seems to be keeping the dolphin killers at bay -- for now.

'The Cove:' Japan Has a Dark Secret It Hopes the World Will Never See

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. August 6, 2009.

Suspenseful and shocking film exposes the slaughter of tens of thousands of dolphins and the billion-dollar industry that profits from selling them.