Star of dolphin-hunting film The Cove to be deported from Japan
by Justin McCurry in Tokyo from on (#11G1D)
Ric O'Barry is accused of trying to enter the country using tourist visa to join campaign against slaughter of dolphins in Taiji
A leading US animal rights activist is to be deported from Japan after being accused of trying to enter on a tourist visa to support a campaign against the slaughter of dolphins.
Ric O'Barry, who starred in The Cove, the 2009 Oscar-winning documentary about the annual dolphin cull in the town of Taiji, has been detained at Narita airport near Tokyo since Monday.
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