People Progress in Opposition to Japanese Dolphin Slaughter and Whaling

Check out this GREAT NEWS from Ric O'Barry--- the man behind the training of many-a Flipper dolphin, and the spearheading of the fantastic documentary, "The Cove". Working hard daily to stop dolphin killings funded by humans' food and entertainment consumption, Ric is the head of the Dolphin Project, monitoring the cove in Taiji, Japan, where the killings take place.

This weekend, more than 70 people, predominantly from Japan, held the first ever public protest against these government-backed practices. With little cultural history of public protesting it's not easy to stand up and say your peace in Japan, and these activists were very brave to do so.

Photos by Save Japan Dolphins volunteer Cove Monitor Yoav Ben-Shushan