Star of anti-dolphin killing film The Cove held by Japanese immigration
by Associated Press in Tokyo from on (#11514)
Ric O'Barry - seen in documentary about slaughter in a Japanese village - says government is waging a 'war on dolphins'
The star of Oscar-winning documentary The Cove, about the killing of dolphins in a village in Japan, has been detained by immigration authorities at Tokyo's Narita international airport.
Ric O'Barry - an American known for training the dolphins used in the TV series Flipper - said immigration officials told him he could not enter Japan on a tourist visa because he was not a tourist, according to his lawyer, Takashi Takano.
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