Three bottlenose dolphins have been released into the open sea in Indonesia after years of being confined for the amusement of tourists.
The Associated Press watched their release through an online livestream. O’Barry is documenting the release with drones and underwater footage for a film.
Ric O’Barry had been the dolphin trainer for the 1960s TV show “Flipper,” but later came to see the toll exacted on the animals. He has since devoted his life to returning dolphins to the wild. “I’m happy they are free, and they are going back to their family,” she said. “They should be in the wild because they are born in the wild.”
Johnny, the oldest dolphin, had teeth that were worn down to below the gum line when he was rescued in 2019. Earlier this year, dentists provided him with dolphin-style dental crowns so that he can now clamp down on live fish.Ric and Lincoln O’Barry have spent half a century working on saving dolphins from captivity in locations from Brazil to South Korea and the U.S. Saturday’s release was their first in Indonesia.
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