The Interview - Ric O'Barry
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Ric O'Barry was one of the world's leading dolphin trainers. Forty years on, he explains why he was struck by the cruelty involved in training them and now campaigns for their survival.
Once Ric O'Barry was the world's leading dolphin trainer, at the head of the 1960s trend to make these animals perform for humans.
Then he was struck by the cruelty involved in training them and took on a different quest.
Forty years on, he is a renowned campaigner against dolphin captivity and hunting, and the star of this year's Oscar-winning documentary The Cove. He talks to Mike Williams.
- Broadcast on BBC World Service, 4:32AM Mon, 9 Aug 2010
- Available until 12:00AM Thu, 1 Jan 2099
- First broadcast BBC World Service, 10:32AM Sat, 7 Aug 2010
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- Duration 28 minutes
