The ‘Game of Thrones’ star Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) asks citizens around the world not to buy tickets for dolphinariums and dolphin shows. With the #DontBuyaTicket tag on networks, it is intended that this initiative will serve to put an end to the capture and killing of these marine mammals in Japanese waters. It is the latest campaign of ‘The Dolphin Project’, an initiative promoted by Ric O’Barry, the one who was a trainer of the dolphins that on television played the well-known ‘Flipper’ and who after ten years collaborating with the capture and training of these animals dedicated his life to denouncing the cruelty of ripping them from their families and their habitat to force them to learn “stupid tricks.” 19-year-old Williams has joined the initiative as an ambassador for ‘The Dolphin Project’ and has traveled with the organization to the port of Taiji, on the Japanese coast, where the documentary ‘The Dolphin Cove ‘on the slaughter of dolphins starring O’Barry.There the five copies that on television made of’ Flipper ‘were captured and there thousands of dolphins are diverted every year from the open sea to an inlet where They are classified and redistributed: Some will be sold to dolphinariums, zoos and other entertainment companies. Others will be slaughtered for various purposes. To denounce it, the actress has broadcast a live video on her nets this Monday from that cove, in Taiji, showing how fishing boats surround the dolphins to lead them and capture them using nets that are closing the circle above them. “A pod of dolphins has been taken to the cove. What is happening here in Taiji is heartbreaking, don’t buy a ticket to a dolphin show.This has to end “, commented the actress about the video, in which, among other scenes, she shows how seven specimens are captured” for a life in captivity. “The initiative of the ‘Game of Thrones’ star has not gone unnoticed in networks social, as it has 1.5 million followers on Twitter and more than 4.2 million on Instagram, where the young woman has reminded users that as consumers, they have the power to stop this type of practice. Only on Facebook, the live video has been reproduced more than 61,000 times. Along with this action, ‘The Dolphin Project’ has launched a campaign to collect signatures that already exceeds 70,000 supports so that citizens can address those who sponsor this type of business and declare your commitment against dolphinariums and dolphin shows, ‘swim with dolphins’ tourism programs, and hotels that have captive dolphins on your property.
