Podcasts about ric o'barry

Samantha interviews Ric O'Barry - former dolphin trainer turned animal rights activist. Mr O'Barry has been campaigning against the egregious dolphinarium industry for five decades. He comments on the cruel situations faced by intelligent dolphins in their captivity. This interview was recorded at the No More Dolphinarium Contract Thomas Cook National March in Peterborough in June 2019.

Dr. David M. Pena-Guzman—a philosopher and assistant professor at San Francisco State University, who wrote a scholarly paper for the journal Animal Sentience, entitled “Can Nonhuman Animals Commit Suicide?”—recounts how […]

It's Kentucky Derby day and Laurie posed the question; "Is there a dark side to horse racing"? Citing news stories about a race track in Santa Anita where 23 horses died, and a purported 2000 horses dying this year from racing related injuries. Laurie referred to a website www.horseracingwrongs.com Laurie reflected on her previous naivete about captive marine mammals and suggested reading books by Ric O'Barry. Laurie also shared her meeting a breed she previously didn't know existed, a pudlepointer, a registered hunting breed developed in the 1800's by crossing poodles with pointers. Callers had questions about a nipping barking 6 pound Maltese, and a German Shepherd who chases cars. The last caller wanted to make the point; race horses like to run and are specially bred for the task. Laurie acknowledged this but still asked if humans owe it to animals to keep them safe?

How Much Will Your Pet Cost You? You may be surprised to learn how much your pet will cost over a lifetime. In fact, 82% guess wrong. And you'll definitely be surprised to find out what the most expensive pet is. Check out our interactive calculator and figure out how much YOUR pets will set you back. Cooking For Your Pet Marc Ching of ThePetRestaurant.com believes the only real healthy way to feed your pets is to cook human-grade foods for them. He'll tell us some of the ingredients that we should and shouldn't use. Listen up if your pet needs to lose a few pounds. Flipper Remember America's favorite dolphin? Ric O'Barry was her trainer. When one of the 5 Flippers died in his arms, he decided that what he was doing was wrong. Now he heads a crusade to release and rehabilitate dolphins in captivity. He'll explain why he's changed his stance 180 degrees and turned down millions to do what's right for the animals. How Far Would You Go For Your Pet So, just how far would pet owners go to protect their dogs and cats? Would they rescue them first in a house fire?  Would they go hungry so their furry friend could eat? 63 percent would choose their pet over their significant other and more than half would rather resort to cannibalism before eating their own pet. Lori Brooks reports on this strange but profound study. America's Pet Friendliest Cities There's a new list out of the most AND least pet friendly cities in the U.S. thanks to Wallet Hub. The top most pet friendly city is Orlando. Now, on the flip side, the city at the bottom of the list is...well, you'll just have to listen. Read More…

PhD student Derek Dapp, and his supervisor Associate Professor Richard Reina talk about their research into different shark breathing modes, and how they may affect survival after accidental capture. And some updates on that amazing and ambitious project to clean up plastics in the Pacific gyre, some sobering observations and short term predictions about seabirds ingesting plastic and reports of arrests of Ric O'Barry in Japan and the good people of Sea Shepherd in the Faroe Islands.

Former trainer of television's Flipper, Ric O'Barry has spent the last 37 years working to stop the capture and confinement of dolphins. O'Barry is the subject of the new documentary, The Cove. Winner of the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival, the film exposes the dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan and the cruelty of the captive dolphin trade.

Former dolphin trainer, Ric O’Barry, speaks with Jill Cloutier about his ten years in the captive dolphin industry and his transformation from dolphin trainer to dolphin advocate. O’Barry, former trainer of Flipper, (television’s favorite dolphin), now spends his life fighting to set dolphins free.