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DOLPHINS
1 year ago
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X-POSTING.TAKE ACTION!
Dolphins in NJ dying or already dead - letters & calls needed!
Many of you may have already contacted the authorities about this, but please do so once again. It is outrageous that a government agency, in place to PROTECT dolphins, is leaving them die. There originally were 16 dolphins, but they are now down to 5. If the river freezes over, as it threatens to do, the remaining dolphins will drown. If you need help finding your state legislators, click here: http://www.njleg. state.nj. us/members/ legsearch. asp To find your federal legislators, click here: http://www.congress .org (insert your zip code on the right, near the top) I've just spoken with Bob Schoelkopf at the Marine Mammal Stranding Center, and he said there is almost no hope left for the dolphins stranded in the rivers in NJ. As today's news showed, the rivers are frozen or freezing over right now. He said he was out on the river on Tuesday (before the big freeze) and the dolphins are down to skin and bone and will die if they aren't already dead. I asked him if there was anything that could be done, and he said to call NJ legislators and ask them to intervene. The NOAA should be held accountable for dereliction of duty and for totally defying their mandate to protect marine mammals. Bob said he believes that the NOAA does not want to be involved in strandings, and that they are using these dolphins as a test case. They believe that if the public does not raise an uproar about the deaths of these dolphins, it will show that there is indifference to their plight and the agency won't have to participate in future rescues nationwide. Obviously we need to show the NOAA that we are NOT indifferent. We cannot allow this to blow over. NJ legislators must proclaim loudly that our people are not going to let this blow over! I've been reading articles about the dolphins in the Shrewsbury/ Navesink Rivers in NJ. News reports have been posted since the summer, with marine mammal experts expressing their concern that the dolphins should not be that far from the ocean. As the months passed, the federal agency responsible for marine mammal protection has rejected any and all efforts to help the dolphins back to the ocean. This agency, the NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - announced in October that they were going to monitor, not move the dolphins. You can read their press release at http://www.nefsc. noaa.gov/ press_release/ 2008/News/ NR0827/index. html Experts from the Marine Mammal Stranding Center urged the NOAA to allow them to try to herd the dolphins back to the ocean. Other rescue groups joined in offering their assistance - groups from as far away as Florida and California said the move could be accomplished. The NOAA rejected their offers. The experts said the most likely reason that the dolphins were not swimming back to the ocean was noise from the Route 36 Highlands Bridge construction site. The dolphins were observed on several occasions swimming toward the bridge, but then reversing their direction when the noise became loud. It appeared obvious to the observers that the noise was the reason the dolphins weren't going forward. They asked officials to stop the construction for a few days to allow the dolphins to swim past. The NOAA denied the request. Repeated pleas to the NOAA, from the public and from elected officials, have fallen on deaf ears. Their web page at http://www.nero. noaa.gov/ prot_res/ states:
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1 year ago
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"Managing, conserving and rebuilding populations of marine mammals and endangered marine species in rivers, bay and estuaries, and in marine waters within 200 miles of shore, from North Carolina to Maine. "The Protected Resources Division manages the Marine Mammal Program, and the Endangered Species Program. The Marine Mammal Program is dedicated to protecting whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals and sea lions from harm caused by human activities. The program carries out the mandates of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972: to conserve healthy populations and to rebuild (or "recover") populations that are strategic. The scientists and policy makers in the Protected Resources Division work with state agencies, industry, environmental groups, and other organizations and individuals to protect marine mammals from any harm caused by human activities. The Endangered Species Program is dedicated to the protection and recovery of threatened or endangered marine species. The program carries out the mandates of the Endangered Species Act of 1973. The scientists and policy makers in the Protected Resources Division work with state agencies, other federal agencies, industry, environmental groups, and other organizations and individuals to prevent the extinction of marine species." These words are on their own web page. The NOAA is required by law to protect dolphins from harm caused by human activities. They have failed to perform their duties and dolphins have died and are still dying as a result of this failure. Please make phone calls, write letters, and tell everyone you know about this shameful and completely unnecessary tragedy. Maureen Koplow mkoplow@comcast. net These are the good guys - Marine Mammal Stranding Center http://www.marinema mmalstrandingcen ter.org/ Bob Schoelkopf
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6 months ago
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Japanese dolphin killing in shock new film
PRESSURE will mount on Broome to dump its Japanese sister city, Taiji, after the Australian premiere of the new documentary The Cove.
American Louie Psihoyos's film reveals undercover footage from the Japanese port of the systematic annual capture and slaughter of thousands of dolphins for sale and consumption.
"It's like an Auschwitz for dolphins," said Psihoyos, in Australia for the documentary's Sydney Film Festival premiere.
"A lot of people who work in this industry feel it's going to put the nail in the coffin of the dolphin hunting industry," said the photographer for National Geographic and director of the Oceanic Preservation Society.
"There's no way it can keep going on, not just because of the inhumanity to animals but because of the inhumanity to man. People don't realise these dolphins they're eating are toxic."
Psihoyos's environmental film is also a thriller, as his team, bankrolled in part by Jim Clark, the American billionaire husband of Australian model Kirsty Hinze, infiltrates a guarded cove next to the whaling town, south of Osaka.
http://helpinganimalsworldwide.blogspot.com/2009/06/japanese-dolphin-killing-in-shock-new.html
