by Ric O’Barry Campaign Director Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute We have several small, but I think, significant victories today to report. I chose not to go to Taiji this trip in order not to inflame an intense situation and give the Japan media an excuse to focus on the controversy rather than the true issues

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Earth Island Volunteers in Taiji — Dolphins Released; None Slaughtered!

by Ric O’Barry Campaign Director Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute Today was our big day to make a splash in the media in Tokyo about protecting dolphins.

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Major Media Coverage of 1.7 Million Signatures in Tokyo!

by Ric O’Barry Campaign Director Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute We know what is bad about the dolphin killing going on in Japan.

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Our Japanese Partners’ Heartfelt Support for Dolphins

by Ric O’Barry Campaign Director Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute We know what is bad about the dolphin killing going on in Japan.

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Our Japanese Partners’ Heartfelt Support for Dolphins

by Ric O’Barry Campaign Director Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute I am here in Tokyo on Sept. 1st, the official start of the dolphin hunting season.

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Event at US Embassy in Tokyo for the Dolphins 9/2/2010 at 9 AM

By Ric O’Barry Campaign Director Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute Three years ago our Save Japan Dolphins Team and I traveled to every possible media outlet I could in Japan to try to get them to write about what’s happening in Taiji. Nobody was interested in doing a story.

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A Media Frenzy and The Other Side of the Line

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

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We Are Canceling Our Plans in Taiji for Sept. 1st

By Ric O’Barry Campaign Director Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute We were able to slip out last week and screen The Cove film for an adult audience at the National Olympics Memorial Youth Center. Our close friends and colleagues at Elsa Nature Conservancy of Japan set it up.

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Sneaking Out

By Ric O’Barry Campaign Director Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute I’m back in Miami now. I can’t tell you all how tumultuous the last few weeks have been. Once people see The Cove in Japan, they will have such a better understanding of the captivity issue, the IWC and more importantly, the senselessness and brutality with which these dolphins are dying.

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It’s official, The Cove will open in Japan!

by Ric O’Barry Campaign Director Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute Last week we had some important successes in Japan — several theater owners came forward and committed to show The Cove movie despite threats from extreme nationalists, and we also won a key injunction in a Yokohama court against the group protesting the film – an almost unheard of injunction. Unfortunately, the extremists are again ramping up, employing their worst tactics to date

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The Cove Opens Tomorrow, but the Extremists Are Not Giving Up

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