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An Albatross Dies Every Five Minutes


Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, albatross, birds, death, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 11 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Once cursed with killing dolphins, tuna fishing is now being blamed for a shocking reduction in albatross numbers.
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marilyn AWAY s. (99)
Monday November 9, 2009, 4:58 pm
OMG...Noted with sorrow...

Great article...please guys take a peek...I am sick!
 

Claudia Peters (322)
Monday November 9, 2009, 5:33 pm
Every 2 hours ????
I knew they were doing bad,but dying at this rate?
Horrific
 

Claudia Peters (322)
Monday November 9, 2009, 5:33 pm
Doh,I ment every 5 minutes ????
 

Claudia Peters (322)
Monday November 9, 2009, 5:40 pm
Yes,Long Lines.I really hate those.They kill everything on its path.
You know,that of all the longlines that have gotten loose and drifting free in the oceans,you could go around the planet 5 times,with those lines.That's how much long lines are drifting in the oceans.They call them ghost lines or lines of death.
 

Bee Hive Lady (289)
Monday November 9, 2009, 5:43 pm
Long Line fish is a curse. It kills without discrimination. It should be outloawed now.
 

Mandi T. (261)
Monday November 9, 2009, 11:44 pm
Long lines are the curse to the oceans and birds. They better figure this out, now that the dodo bird is gone, we surely don't want to loose these beautiful bird. OMG, sickening. My heart hearts right now.
 

Koo J. (92)
Tuesday November 10, 2009, 12:01 am
That is so terrible. I wish longlines would be banned once and for all and cleaned up out of the ocean if possible. What with those and all the plastic in the oceans that albatross sometimes swallow, humans have invaded the oceans. Hope something can be done.
 

mary f. (71)
Tuesday November 10, 2009, 12:49 am
i wish longlines were banned this is just awful
 
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