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Japan loves cute. Residents of Taiji, Japan adore cute cartoon whales and dolphins because the animated sea creatures represent the real sea mammals that swim near their village's shores.

TV legend Flipper's former trainer, marine activist Richard O'Barry knows the truth about Taiji's dolphin business: It isn't so cute. He knows every September, Taiji fisherman trap thousands of migrating dolphins in a hidden,…