about the increase in dolphin slaughter taking place in Taiji‚ Japan. Directed by Louie Psihoyos‚ they expose the massacre of thousands of dolphins annually. The Japanese authorities are seen to be supporting the slaughter of this species by all means. A group of volunteers conducted by animal rights activist Ric O’Barry make their way over to Taiji‚ Japan in hopes of exposing this annual massacre. However‚ they aren’t only looking at the health and well-being of the dolphins‚ they are also considering
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wild and captured around the age of two. He was then sold and transferred from Iceland to an amusement park in Mexico‚ where he lived in a single pool without contact with any other Orcas from 1985 to 1996. The amusement park had a few bottle nosed dolphins in the same program‚ but for the most part Keiko was alone. Later‚ Keiko was conditioned to follow a boat and was taken out regularly to do open ocean swims as a part of a research study. During these swims‚ Keiko was in proximity of other local
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the trip. Let’s have fun!” How do you think she reacted? Not that well‚ because I did not establish a vision‚ I gave her a roadmap. In contrast‚ I said to her 4-year old sister Ursula‚ “we are going on a trip to SeaWorld to see whales and dolphins and fish!” She reacted much better‚ at least until Shamu splashed her‚ but that’s another story. • The point is that a vision is simply “a compelling image of an achievable future”. I believe in establishing a vision because I think it is the
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Killer Whale‚ largest member of the dolphin family. Killer whales occur in more parts of the world than probably any other cetacean (see Whale). They occur in all oceans‚ both in the open ocean and close to shore‚ but are more common in the colder‚ more productive waters of both hemispheres than in the Tropics. Resident populations may cover an area of several hundred square kilometers. Transient populations often move through an area rapidly‚ swimming more than 1000 km (more than 600 mi) along a
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evolved a great deal in the past 3‚000 years. We’ve been living underwater for as long I can remember. We used to get along just fine until... Gunner. Gunner is Bob’s pet eel and he is the ugliest creature I have ever seen in my life. I adopted a dolphin named Henry at the same time he brought in Gunner. Now Henry will help me save the world. Needing to come up with a plan I jumped upon the first one I came up with. Bob’s mansion lies at the bottom of the ocean and I believe that is where
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be sold‚ and are thrown back dead or dying. Long Lines are a configuration of shorter lines attached to one another to create one “long line”. Having thousands of hooks at a time in the open ocean causes many other marine animals‚ such as sharks‚ dolphins‚ and even birds‚ to get caught and. Also‚ the wrong species of fish can get caught‚ which creates a loss of time and production. FADs are large nets that catch fish when there are enough in the area. Their catch can be up to 80% bycatch‚ which negatively
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Marine Careers Marine biology is the field of knowledge relating to any kind of marine organism‚ dolphins‚ whales‚ sharks‚ seals‚ plankton‚ etc. But what is a marine biologist? Well to a lot of people‚ the first thing they think of is Shamu and training dolphins but to others it means managing a marine wildlife sanctuary. There are multiple answers to this question and none of them are wrong answers‚ but to me a marine biologist is someone who has anything to do with the marine life‚ whether it
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A Strategy for Protecting Irrawaddy Dolphins in the Mekong Delta Region. Huyen Tran‚ jessi00tran@gmail.com Bunker Hill Community College Honors Program‚ Boston Massachusetts Introduction Problem Solutions The Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella Brevirostris)‚ which are considered as the Mekong’s spirit‚ have developed a mutually beneficial relationship with fishermen in the Mekong Delta and the river’s branches in Laos‚ Vietnam and Cambodia. In spite of its important role to many provinces along the Mekong
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Some 18-thousand dolphins’ porpoise are killed each year off Northern Japan. Permits to kill three thousand dolphins and small whales off the main island of Honshu are in effect. Most of the dolphins taken are slaughtered for meat. An increasing number are taken and shipped to oceanaria‚ mostly in Asia. The recent studies extremely high levels of contaminants such as mercury‚ cadmium and PCBs in dolphin meat has led some Japanese officials‚ concerned for the health of the citizenry‚ to an examination
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We’ve all heard of Seaworld. A childhood fantasy. The spectacular shows and mesmerizing performances of marine animal and men. Orcas and dolphins doing trick as the fascinated faces‚ young and old watch the ‘never before’ seen show. Years later we find out the truth. The torture of animals and the small confinement that these animals have been forced to live in. Orcas were “...confined to a tank containing 0.0001 percent of the quantity of water that he would traverse in a single day in nature.”
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