The star of an Oscar-winning documentary that shows how dolphins are hunted in a Japanese village was deported to the U.S. on Friday after Tokyo airport officials barred his entry and he was held in ...

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What do you give a man who's already starred in an Oscar-winning documentary and owns a slot on Oprah's 2010 Power List? A street in South Miami, of course! Dolphin activist Richard O'Barry was ...

Anti-dolphin hunt activist Ric O'Barry speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Tokyo, Thursday, May 15, 2014. Taiji Whale Museum in Japanese town known for dolphin hunts, Taiji, is ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has ordered the deportation of Ric O'Barry, the star of the Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove," about a Japanese village that hunts dolphins. But he has refused to leave, ...

ABOUT 100 demonstrators, including Oscar-winning documentary maker Ric O'Barry, gathered today outside the Japanese consulate in Miami in one of a series of rallies across the world to protest Japan's ...

When you think of The Cove—the 2009 Sundance Film Festival Documentary Audience Award winner—think “guerrilla journalism.” A band of activists led by former dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry (who, in the ...

TAIJI, Japan - All Ric O'Barry wants is to stop the killing, so the dolphin trainer for the 1960s "Flipper" TV series figured the natural place to start was in this seaside Japanese town. The American ...