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The thing that turned me around was the death of Flipper, of Cathy. She was really...

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Richard O'Barry: The thing that turned me around was the death of Flipper, of Cathy. She was really depressed. I could feel it. I could see it. And she committed suicide in my arms. That's a very strong word, suicide. But you have to understand dolphins and other whales are not automatic air breathers, like we are. Every breath they take is a conscious effort. And so they can end their life whenever life becomes too unbearable by not taking the next breath. And it's in that context I use the word suicide. She did that. She swam into my arms, looked me right in the eye, and took a breath... and didn't take another one.


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She was really depressed. I could feel it.
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I could see it.
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And she committed suicide in my arms.
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That's a very strong word, suicide.
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But you have to understand
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dolphins and other whales are not automatic air breathers,
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Iike we are.
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Every breath they take is a conscious effort.
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And so they can end their life
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whenever life becomes too unbearable
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by not taking the next breath.
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And it's in that context I use the word suicide.
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She did that.
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She swam into my arms
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and looked me right in the eye
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and...took a breath--
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and didn't take another one.
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I just let her go,
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and she sank straight down on her belly to the bottom of the tank.
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The next day, I was in the Bimini jail
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for trying to free a dolphin at the Lerner Marine Laboratory.
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That's how I reacted to it.
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I was going to free every captive dolphin I could.
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I spent ten years building that industry up.
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And I spent the last 35 years trying to tear it down.
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When I started out, there were only three dolphinariums.
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Today it's become a multi-billion-dollar industry.
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In all of these captures,
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we helped create the largest slaughter of dolphins on the planet.
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Anyone can watch the capture process go on from the road.
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But Ric pointed out
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where they take the boats around to the secret cove
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that nobody could see where dolphins that weren't selected

Clip duration: 118 seconds
Views: 178
Timestamp in movie: 00h 17m 18s
Uploaded: 22 October, 2021
Genres: documentary, biography, crime
Summary: Using state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renowned dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health.


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