By Ric O’Barry Campaign Director Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute Wagby Saad, the owner of the four dolphins imported from Taiji (“The Taiji Four�) to Hurghada, Egypt, has finally transferred them to a somewhat bigger new tank (as opposed to his backyard swimming pool). It remains to be seen whether they will survive, as we believe they are not very healthy

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Egypt’s Taiji Four in a New Tank; Fight Continues Against the Dolphinarium

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.

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Ric In Egypt to Help Dolphins Exported from Taiji

By Ric O’Barry Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute An organization called “The Black Fish�, based in Germany, is claiming responsibility for cutting nets in six holding pens in Taiji harbor, attempting to free the captive dolphins being held for aquariums. Local Shingu police claim the cuts in the nets were too small for any dolphins to actually escape.

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Divers Attempt to Free Captive Dolphins in Taiji

by Ric O’Barry Campaign Director Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute It’s with a heavy heart that I write today’s post.

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Defiance In Japan — first dolphin kill at Taiji

By Ric O’Barry Campaign Director Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute One of the participants in our recent week of great events in Tokyo was Leilani Münter.

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Leilani Münter’s Youtube Japan Dolphins Trip

By Ric O’Barry Campaign Director Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute This is a special invitation for you to join our worldwide Save Japan Dolphins Day rallies around the world in front of Embassies and Consulates of the government of Japan.

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Join Us for the Dolphins on October 14th!

By Ric O’Barry Campaign Director Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute Hans Peter Roth and Kyoko Tanaka, members of our Save Japan Dolphins Team from, respectively, Switzerland and Japan, are in Taiji now, checking the activity in the infamous Cove. Hans Peter Roth at the Cove in Taiji

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The Latest from Taiji: More Dolphins Released

By Ric O’Barry Campaign Director Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute Hans Peter Roth and Kyoko Tanaka, members of our Save Japan Dolphins Team from, respectively, Switzerland and Japan, are in Taiji now, checking the activity in the infamous Cove.

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The Latest from Taiji: More Dolphins Released

By Ric O’Barry Campaign Director Save Japan Dolphins Earth Island Institute According to our volunteers in Taiji, on Sunday the dolphin drive boats went out and found ten bottlenose dolphins, which were herded into the Bay near Taiji. One major change from previous trips (an alternative which some of our people observed towards the end of last year’s season in March 2010): There is a floating dock with sea pens in the middle of the Bay, well away from the Cove depicted in the documentary. It appears that the fishermen, in order to elude hidden cameras, are now using this floating dock for dolphins

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Update from Taiji and a Talk to the Media in Tokyo

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!

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