American Anti-dolphin-hunt Activist Arrested in Japan

Former “Flipper” trainer Ric O'Barry was arrested for not carrying his passport while in Japan to protest a dolphin hunt due to begin this week. Police in western Japan said they received a tip that O'Barry might be driving under the influence of alcohol. He passed a breath test but was detained after he could not produce his passport. The 75-year-old star of “The Cove,” a 2009 Oscar-winning documentary about Taiji's dolphin hunt, was being detained in the town of Shingu on...

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