well, they have paid well, we know that ocean world casino in the dominican republic paid $154,000 for each dolphin. for each dolphin. and when we started speaking out against this, myself and the institute, we were hit with a $700 million dollar lawsuit which i m still we re still dealing with, but, yeah, i think that the cap tours are the economic underpinning because the dolphin meat, the dead dolphin is worth about 4 or $500 so, yeah, capturing them and that s the hardest thing for me as a former dolphin trainer to understand. in some ways the fishermen know not what they do in that the character for whale, in japanese is wrong and should be changed. it translates, it reads monster fish and they think they re dealing with a fish. the dolphin trainers that you see in the movie capturing the
film. japanese are more concerned about healthy food than we are. if they had any idea dolphin meat was laced with mercury they wouldn t buy it. supply and demademand. we are not telling the japanese people what to do. it s giving them information in hope that is they will stop buying the product. same is true with the dolphin ariums, 50 in japan. when people see this film they are going to think twice before they buy tickets for the dolphin show. i hope people will see the film. you can go to amazon.com. i want to thank you for your courage and commitment to informing the world. a lot of us didn t know. thank you very, very much for being here today. from all of us here at huckabee, i hope you have been
the japanese people are more concerned about healthy food than we are. if they had any idea that the dolphin meat was laced with mercury, they wouldn t buy it, supply and demand. so, we re not really telling the japanese people what to do it s more about giving them the information in hopes that they will stop buying the product. the same is true with the dolphin areas. there are 50 in japan. 50. and when people see this film they re going to think twice before they buy a ticket for at that dolphin show. well, i hope people will see the film and people can get the dvd at amazon.com. a lot of different places. ric o barry i want to thank you for your courage and your commitment to informing the world. a lot of us did not know. thank you very, very much for being here today. [applause] ric o barry. well, from all of us here at huckabee, i hope you have been touched by this and if you see the documentary, i promise you will be. from new york city and the fox
film. we need to get this in front of them. ultimately, it is the consumers who will solve this problem. the japanese people are more concerned about healthy food than we are. if they had any idea that the dolphin meat was laced with mercury, they wouldn t buy it. supply and demand. with are not telling the japanese people what to do. it is more about giving them the information in the hopes they will stop buying the product. same is true with the dolphin ariums there s 50 in japan. when people see this film they are going to think twice before they buy a ticket for that dolphin show. mike: people can get the dvd at amazon.com. ric o barry thank you for your courage and committeement to informing the world. a lot of us did not know. thank you, very much. ric o barry. [ applause nneka nwosu
economic under pinning of the slaughter. mike: there s a lot of money for the trainers how much? we know that ocean world casino in the dominican republic paid $154,000 for each dolphin. and when we started speaking out against this, myself and earth island institute, we were hit with a 700 million dollar lawsuit which we are still dealing with. but yeah, i think the captures are the economic unpinning, because the dolphin meat, the dead dolphin is worth $400, $500. that s the hardest thing for me as a former dolphin trainer to understand. in some ways the fishermen know not what they do. in that, the character for whale, in japanese is wrong and should be changed. it translates into it reads monster fish.