From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard (Ric) O'Barry (born c. 1939 ) was first recognized in the 1960s for capturing and training the five dolphins that were used in the well-known TV series Flipper. O'Barry made a radical transition from training dolphins in captivity to assertively combating the captivity industry soon after Kathy, one of the Flipper dolphins, died, committing suicide in his arms, according to O'Barry . In 1970 he founded the Dolphin Project, a group that aims to educate the public about captivity and, where feasible, free captive dolphins . He was featured in the Academy Award-winning film, The Cove (2009), which used covert techniques to expose the yearly dolphin drive hunting that goes on in Taiji, Japan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ric O'Barry, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
16 movies
Seaspiracy
2021·7.8
Long Gone Wild
2019·6.5
Give Me Shelter
2014·2.0
The Cove
2009·8.0
Lolita: Slave to Entertainment
2003·7.5
Homme et Dauphin : Mode d’emploi
1997·10.0
Dolphins: Minds in the Water
1991·8.0
Absence of Malice
1981·6.6
Island Claws
1980·4.7
Mako: The Jaws of Death
1976·4.4
Beyond the Bermuda Triangle
1975·5.0
Lenny
1974·7.3
Fugitive Killer
1974·4.0
Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon
1970·5.4
Gentle Giant
1967·8.5
Flipper's New Adventure
1964·6.9