Richard
O'Barry has worked both sides of the dolphin street, the first 10 years
with the dolphin captivity industry, the past 38 against it.

Working
back in the 1960s for Miami Seaquarium, O'Barry captured and trained
dolphins, including the five dolphins who played the role of Flipper in
the popular American TV-series of the same name. When Kathy, the
dolphin who played Flipper most of the time, died in his arms, O?Barry
realized that capturing dolphins and training them to perform silly
tricks is simply wrong.

From that moment on, O'Barry knew what
he must do with his life. On the first Earth Day, 1970, he founded the
Dolphin Project, dedicated to freeing captive dolphins who were viable
candidates and educating people throughout the world to the plight of
dolphins in captivity. He launched a searing campaign against the
multi-billion dollar dolphin captivity industry, telling the public
what was really going on at dolphin shows and urging people not to buy
tickets to see dolphins play the fool.