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>> 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...

And they wait for dolphins. dolphins that are migrating and they get on the outside of them and they are evenly spaced a couple hundred feet apart. they put a long metal pole in the water that has a falange or bell on the bottom and they start banging. this creates a wall of sounds or an an an acouacoustical net. it ter rises them and they drive them into the cove and they seal it. it's the dry fisheries. it has been going on for 400 years but not with the mechanized boats. they are driven in the cove the cove is sealed and if there's a capture taking place you will see 30 dolphin trainers who...

On the outside of them and they're evenly spaced a couple hundred feet apart and they put a long metal pole in the water that has sort of a flange or a bell on the bottom and they start banging and this creates a wall of sound or an acoustical net and literally terrorizes the dolphins and they're able to drive them into the cove and they seal it and they call this the drive fisheries, it's been going on for about 400 years, but not with these mechanized boats. that's going on for 33 years. so they're driven in the cove and the cove is sealed. if there's a capture taking place you'll see about ...

Home. the next morning, all of these dolphin trainers will be lined up selecting the one that they want for the dolphin areas. they're looking for bottle nosed dolphin primarily. they're looking for flipper. it's the captivity industry that keeps this lawsuiter going, by rewarding the fishermen. >> a few years ago a friend of mine told me about what was going on in japan. >> 23,000 are wiped out every year and it's not even acknowledged. nobody has actually seen what takes place back there.

Are 38 feet long. and they wait for dolphins. dolphins that are migrating and they get on the outside of them and they are evenly spaced a couple hunt feet apart. and -- couple hundred feet apart. and they put a long metal pole in the water that has sort of a bell on the bottom and start banging. this creates a wall of sound or acoustic net and terrorizes the dolphins. they are able to drive them into the cove. and they seal it. and they call this the drive fisheries. it has been going on for about 400 years but not with these mechanized boats that has only been going on for 33 years. the cove...