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Dolphins come to fishing boats to look for fish, and fishermen shoot the dolphins, just for something perfectly natural
la. gun-toting angry at dolphins
By JAY REEVES
Associated Press
July 12, 2009
PANAMA CITY, Fla. %u2014 Miles offshore, a fight is raging between angry anglers armed with guns and bombs and bottlenose dolphins, the marine mammals popularized in movies and TV shows like "Flipper."
Boat captains say dolphins, known for their toothy grins and playfulness, are growing increasingly aggressive in their quest for food, with some taking fish right off the hook %u2014 something that rarely happened just a few years ago.
In response, fishermen are pulling out everything from pipe bombs to .357-caliber Magnum pistols to fend them off %u2014 and breaking a federal law against harming the sea mammals.
The head of a national fishing organization, Bob Zales II, said the problem of bottlenose dolphins stealing fish has gotten "tremendously worse" in the last year. So have stories of retaliation by angry boat captains and ordinary anglers, who are paying hundreds of dollars for even short fishing trips because of high fuel prices.
"You have people who are getting so frustrated they're shooting at them," said Zales, of Panama City, who has fished for more than four decades and is president of the National Association of Charter Boat Operators.
The captain of a Florida-based fishing boat is serving two years in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to making pipe bombs and tossing them at dolphins, which are protected by federal law.
Two other captains have pleaded guilty to shooting at the animals in the Gulf of Mexico, home to tens of thousands of dolphins, in the last three years. And four dead dolphins washed ashore with bullet wounds near San Diego, Calif., in 2007. Authorities offered a reward in the shootings, but no one was charged.
It's dangerous for dolphins to compete with people for fish, regardless of whether anglers fight back. Forty-six of the animals are known to have died along the Florida coast since 2005 after either swallowing recreational fishing gear or becoming entangled in lines, according to NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service.
Marine experts and boat captains agree there's a problem, but they differ over why some animals have become so brazen.
Stacey Hortsman, dolphin conservation coordinator with the National Marine Fisheries Service in St. Petersburg, Fla., said studies have linked the dolphins' behavior with people feeding dolphins, often from sightseeing tours that are common in many resort areas. Dolphins learn to hang around people for food handouts, she said.
"It's a very complex management issue for us because it is such a widespread problem," said Hortsman.
Zales blames the problem on state and federal fishing limits enacted in recent years to protect against overfishing of species like red snapper.
Rather than saving fish, he said, the rules cause many anglers to throw back large numbers of undersized ones %u2014 oftentimes right into the jaws of waiting dolphins.
"With us having to throw fish back, (dolphin) literally now live in different places where we go fish," Zales said. "They know they have a free meal ..."
Dolphin expert Randall Wells said anglers shouldn't release fish around dolphins. But regulations require anglers to throw back undersize and excess fish without accounting for the presence of the mammals.
"It's an area where the various fishery agencies need to come together and find a solution," said Wells, a researcher at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Fla.
A federal agent who investigates reported attacks on dolphins said he hasn't noticed an increase in violence against them. But he said no one really knows the extent of the problem because so many confrontations likely occur 20 to 30 miles offshore in deep waters.
"That far out the bodies are never going to wash up on shore," said Allan Coker, who works with NOAA's fisheries law enforcement office in Niceville, Fla.
Coker helped investigate a case last year when an informant reported that the captain of a 60-foot commercial fishing boat based in Panama City was making pipe bombs to toss at meddlesome bottlenose dolphin.
"When he was offshore and dolphins approached he'd light one and throw it in the water," said Coker. "The deckhands said it would rock the whole boat."
Authorities don't know if any dolphins were killed, but a judge sentenced Capt. Garry Alvin Key, 51, to two years imprisonment in March after he pleaded guilty to illegally possessing explosives and taking or attempting to take marine mammals.
Two other captains, one from Florida and another from Alabama, have been placed on probation and fined $1,000 each since 2006 after admitting they shot at dolphins stealing fish from their boats. One used a .357-caliber Magnum, court records show.
Coker said complaints about such incidents often come from people who are upset at the sight of someone shooting at an animal that many still associate with the 1960s TV show "Flipper."
"A lot of times it happens on a charter boat where there's someone it doesn't sit well with," he said.
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la. gun-toting angry at dolphins
By JAY REEVES
Associated Press
July 12, 2009
PANAMA CITY, Fla. %u2014 Miles offshore, a fight is raging between angry anglers armed with guns and bombs and bottlenose dolphins, the marine mammals popularized in movies and TV shows like "Flipper."
Boat captains say dolphins, known for their toothy grins and playfulness, are growing increasingly aggressive in their quest for food, with some taking fish right off the hook %u2014 something that rarely happened just a few years ago.
In response, fishermen are pulling out everything from pipe bombs to .357-caliber Magnum pistols to fend them off %u2014 and breaking a federal law against harming the sea mammals.
The head of a national fishing organization, Bob Zales II, said the problem of bottlenose dolphins stealing fish has gotten "tremendously worse" in the last year. So have stories of retaliation by angry boat captains and ordinary anglers, who are paying hundreds of dollars for even short fishing trips because of high fuel prices.
"You have people who are getting so frustrated they're shooting at them," said Zales, of Panama City, who has fished for more than four decades and is president of the National Association of Charter Boat Operators.
The captain of a Florida-based fishing boat is serving two years in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to making pipe bombs and tossing them at dolphins, which are protected by federal law.
Two other captains have pleaded guilty to shooting at the animals in the Gulf of Mexico, home to tens of thousands of dolphins, in the last three years. And four dead dolphins washed ashore with bullet wounds near San Diego, Calif., in 2007. Authorities offered a reward in the shootings, but no one was charged.
It's dangerous for dolphins to compete with people for fish, regardless of whether anglers fight back. Forty-six of the animals are known to have died along the Florida coast since 2005 after either swallowing recreational fishing gear or becoming entangled in lines, according to NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service.
Marine experts and boat captains agree there's a problem, but they differ over why some animals have become so brazen.
Stacey Hortsman, dolphin conservation coordinator with the National Marine Fisheries Service in St. Petersburg, Fla., said studies have linked the dolphins' behavior with people feeding dolphins, often from sightseeing tours that are common in many resort areas. Dolphins learn to hang around people for food handouts, she said.
"It's a very complex management issue for us because it is such a widespread problem," said Hortsman.
Zales blames the problem on state and federal fishing limits enacted in recent years to protect against overfishing of species like red snapper.
Rather than saving fish, he said, the rules cause many anglers to throw back large numbers of undersized ones %u2014 oftentimes right into the jaws of waiting dolphins.
"With us having to throw fish back, (dolphin) literally now live in different places where we go fish," Zales said. "They know they have a free meal ..."
Dolphin expert Randall Wells said anglers shouldn't release fish around dolphins. But regulations require anglers to throw back undersize and excess fish without accounting for the presence of the mammals.
"It's an area where the various fishery agencies need to come together and find a solution," said Wells, a researcher at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Fla.
A federal agent who investigates reported attacks on dolphins said he hasn't noticed an increase in violence against them. But he said no one really knows the extent of the problem because so many confrontations likely occur 20 to 30 miles offshore in deep waters.
"That far out the bodies are never going to wash up on shore," said Allan Coker, who works with NOAA's fisheries law enforcement office in Niceville, Fla.
Coker helped investigate a case last year when an informant reported that the captain of a 60-foot commercial fishing boat based in Panama City was making pipe bombs to toss at meddlesome bottlenose dolphin.
"When he was offshore and dolphins approached he'd light one and throw it in the water," said Coker. "The deckhands said it would rock the whole boat."
Authorities don't know if any dolphins were killed, but a judge sentenced Capt. Garry Alvin Key, 51, to two years imprisonment in March after he pleaded guilty to illegally possessing explosives and taking or attempting to take marine mammals.
Two other captains, one from Florida and another from Alabama, have been placed on probation and fined $1,000 each since 2006 after admitting they shot at dolphins stealing fish from their boats. One used a .357-caliber Magnum, court records show.
Coker said complaints about such incidents often come from people who are upset at the sight of someone shooting at an animal that many still associate with the 1960s TV show "Flipper."
"A lot of times it happens on a charter boat where there's someone it doesn't sit well with," he said.
Copyright %uFFFD 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved
Dolphins come to fishing boats to look for fish, and fishermen shoot the dolphins, just for something perfectly natural
la. gun-toting angry at dolphins
By JAY REEVES
Associated Press
July 12, 2009
PANAMA CITY, Fla. %u2014 Miles offshore, a fight is raging between angry anglers armed with guns and bombs and bottlenose dolphins, the marine mammals popularized in movies and TV shows like "Flipper."
Boat captains say dolphins, known for their toothy grins and playfulness, are growing increasingly aggressive in their quest for food, with some taking fish right off the hook %u2014 something that rarely happened just a few years ago.
In response, fishermen are pulling out everything from pipe bombs to .357-caliber Magnum pistols to fend them off %u2014 and breaking a federal law against harming the sea mammals.
The head of a national fishing organization, Bob Zales II, said the problem of bottlenose dolphins stealing fish has gotten "tremendously worse" in the last year. So have stories of retaliation by angry boat captains and ordinary anglers, who are paying hundreds of dollars for even short fishing trips because of high fuel prices.
"You have people who are getting so frustrated they're shooting at them," said Zales, of Panama City, who has fished for more than four decades and is president of the National Association of Charter Boat Operators.
The captain of a Florida-based fishing boat is serving two years in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to making pipe bombs and tossing them at dolphins, which are protected by federal law.
Two other captains have pleaded guilty to shooting at the animals in the Gulf of Mexico, home to tens of thousands of dolphins, in the last three years. And four dead dolphins washed ashore with bullet wounds near San Diego, Calif., in 2007. Authorities offered a reward in the shootings, but no one was charged.
It's dangerous for dolphins to compete with people for fish, regardless of whether anglers fight back. Forty-six of the animals are known to have died along the Florida coast since 2005 after either swallowing recreational fishing gear or becoming entangled in lines, according to NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service.
Marine experts and boat captains agree there's a problem, but they differ over why some animals have become so brazen.
Stacey Hortsman, dolphin conservation coordinator with the National Marine Fisheries Service in St. Petersburg, Fla., said studies have linked the dolphins' behavior with people feeding dolphins, often from sightseeing tours that are common in many resort areas. Dolphins learn to hang around people for food handouts, she said.
"It's a very complex management issue for us because it is such a widespread problem," said Hortsman.
Zales blames the problem on state and federal fishing limits enacted in recent years to protect against overfishing of species like red snapper.
Rather than saving fish, he said, the rules cause many anglers to throw back large numbers of undersized ones %u2014 oftentimes right into the jaws of waiting dolphins.
"With us having to throw fish back, (dolphin) literally now live in different places where we go fish," Zales said. "They know they have a free meal ..."
Dolphin expert Randall Wells said anglers shouldn't release fish around dolphins. But regulations require anglers to throw back undersize and excess fish without accounting for the presence of the mammals.
"It's an area where the various fishery agencies need to come together and find a solution," said Wells, a researcher at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Fla.
A federal agent who investigates reported attacks on dolphins said he hasn't noticed an increase in violence against them. But he said no one really knows the extent of the problem because so many confrontations likely occur 20 to 30 miles offshore in deep waters.
"That far out the bodies are never going to wash up on shore," said Allan Coker, who works with NOAA's fisheries law enforcement office in Niceville, Fla.
Coker helped investigate a case last year when an informant reported that the captain of a 60-foot commercial fishing boat based in Panama City was making pipe bombs to toss at meddlesome bottlenose dolphin.
"When he was offshore and dolphins approached he'd light one and throw it in the water," said Coker. "The deckhands said it would rock the whole boat."
Authorities don't know if any dolphins were killed, but a judge sentenced Capt. Garry Alvin Key, 51, to two years imprisonment in March after he pleaded guilty to illegally possessing explosives and taking or attempting to take marine mammals.
Two other captains, one from Florida and another from Alabama, have been placed on probation and fined $1,000 each since 2006 after admitting they shot at dolphins stealing fish from their boats. One used a .357-caliber Magnum, court records show.
Coker said complaints about such incidents often come from people who are upset at the sight of someone shooting at an animal that many still associate with the 1960s TV show "Flipper."
"A lot of times it happens on a charter boat where there's someone it doesn't sit well with," he said.
Copyright %uFFFD 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved
la. gun-toting angry at dolphins
By JAY REEVES
Associated Press
July 12, 2009
PANAMA CITY, Fla. %u2014 Miles offshore, a fight is raging between angry anglers armed with guns and bombs and bottlenose dolphins, the marine mammals popularized in movies and TV shows like "Flipper."
Boat captains say dolphins, known for their toothy grins and playfulness, are growing increasingly aggressive in their quest for food, with some taking fish right off the hook %u2014 something that rarely happened just a few years ago.
In response, fishermen are pulling out everything from pipe bombs to .357-caliber Magnum pistols to fend them off %u2014 and breaking a federal law against harming the sea mammals.
The head of a national fishing organization, Bob Zales II, said the problem of bottlenose dolphins stealing fish has gotten "tremendously worse" in the last year. So have stories of retaliation by angry boat captains and ordinary anglers, who are paying hundreds of dollars for even short fishing trips because of high fuel prices.
"You have people who are getting so frustrated they're shooting at them," said Zales, of Panama City, who has fished for more than four decades and is president of the National Association of Charter Boat Operators.
The captain of a Florida-based fishing boat is serving two years in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to making pipe bombs and tossing them at dolphins, which are protected by federal law.
Two other captains have pleaded guilty to shooting at the animals in the Gulf of Mexico, home to tens of thousands of dolphins, in the last three years. And four dead dolphins washed ashore with bullet wounds near San Diego, Calif., in 2007. Authorities offered a reward in the shootings, but no one was charged.
It's dangerous for dolphins to compete with people for fish, regardless of whether anglers fight back. Forty-six of the animals are known to have died along the Florida coast since 2005 after either swallowing recreational fishing gear or becoming entangled in lines, according to NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service.
Marine experts and boat captains agree there's a problem, but they differ over why some animals have become so brazen.
Stacey Hortsman, dolphin conservation coordinator with the National Marine Fisheries Service in St. Petersburg, Fla., said studies have linked the dolphins' behavior with people feeding dolphins, often from sightseeing tours that are common in many resort areas. Dolphins learn to hang around people for food handouts, she said.
"It's a very complex management issue for us because it is such a widespread problem," said Hortsman.
Zales blames the problem on state and federal fishing limits enacted in recent years to protect against overfishing of species like red snapper.
Rather than saving fish, he said, the rules cause many anglers to throw back large numbers of undersized ones %u2014 oftentimes right into the jaws of waiting dolphins.
"With us having to throw fish back, (dolphin) literally now live in different places where we go fish," Zales said. "They know they have a free meal ..."
Dolphin expert Randall Wells said anglers shouldn't release fish around dolphins. But regulations require anglers to throw back undersize and excess fish without accounting for the presence of the mammals.
"It's an area where the various fishery agencies need to come together and find a solution," said Wells, a researcher at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Fla.
A federal agent who investigates reported attacks on dolphins said he hasn't noticed an increase in violence against them. But he said no one really knows the extent of the problem because so many confrontations likely occur 20 to 30 miles offshore in deep waters.
"That far out the bodies are never going to wash up on shore," said Allan Coker, who works with NOAA's fisheries law enforcement office in Niceville, Fla.
Coker helped investigate a case last year when an informant reported that the captain of a 60-foot commercial fishing boat based in Panama City was making pipe bombs to toss at meddlesome bottlenose dolphin.
"When he was offshore and dolphins approached he'd light one and throw it in the water," said Coker. "The deckhands said it would rock the whole boat."
Authorities don't know if any dolphins were killed, but a judge sentenced Capt. Garry Alvin Key, 51, to two years imprisonment in March after he pleaded guilty to illegally possessing explosives and taking or attempting to take marine mammals.
Two other captains, one from Florida and another from Alabama, have been placed on probation and fined $1,000 each since 2006 after admitting they shot at dolphins stealing fish from their boats. One used a .357-caliber Magnum, court records show.
Coker said complaints about such incidents often come from people who are upset at the sight of someone shooting at an animal that many still associate with the 1960s TV show "Flipper."
"A lot of times it happens on a charter boat where there's someone it doesn't sit well with," he said.
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To whom it may concern,
We, the undersigned, say that even though it is illegal to hurt or harass marine wildlife, you should not allow this to occur anymore.
Dolphins are among the smartest, and most advanced creatures on the planet. They need to have fish in order to survive. If we nuke them, it will only hurt us all.
If you controlled the fishing, then there would be more fish, and this wouldn't even be a problem
I strongly urge you to take this into consideration.
"We control the fate of all organisms on the planet. We can either continue to annilate them, and starve. Think it's bad now, it will only get worse. Or, we can control our selfish, vile, spiteful, greedy needs and prosper. It's our world. It's our chance. Let's make it right."
Fla. gun-toting angry at dolphins
By JAY REEVES
Associated Press
July 12, 2009
PANAMA CITY, Fla. %u2014 Miles offshore, a fight is raging between angry anglers armed with guns and bombs and bottlenose dolphins, the marine mammals popularized in movies and TV shows like "Flipper."
Boat captains say dolphins, known for their toothy grins and playfulness, are growing increasingly aggressive in their quest for food, with some taking fish right off the hook %u2014 something that rarely happened just a few years ago.
In response, fishermen are pulling out everything from pipe bombs to .357-caliber Magnum pistols to fend them off %u2014 and breaking a federal law against harming the sea mammals.
The head of a national fishing organization, Bob Zales II, said the problem of bottlenose dolphins stealing fish has gotten "tremendously worse" in the last year. So have stories of retaliation by angry boat captains and ordinary anglers, who are paying hundreds of dollars for even short fishing trips because of high fuel prices.
"You have people who are getting so frustrated they're shooting at them," said Zales, of Panama City, who has fished for more than four decades and is president of the National Association of Charter Boat Operators.
The captain of a Florida-based fishing boat is serving two years in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to making pipe bombs and tossing them at dolphins, which are protected by federal law.
Two other captains have pleaded guilty to shooting at the animals in the Gulf of Mexico, home to tens of thousands of dolphins, in the last three years. And four dead dolphins washed ashore with bullet wounds near San Diego, Calif., in 2007. Authorities offered a reward in the shootings, but no one was charged.
It's dangerous for dolphins to compete with people for fish, regardless of whether anglers fight back. Forty-six of the animals are known to have died along the Florida coast since 2005 after either swallowing recreational fishing gear or becoming entangled in lines, according to NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service.
Marine experts and boat captains agree there's a problem, but they differ over why some animals have become so brazen.
Stacey Hortsman, dolphin conservation coordinator with the National Marine Fisheries Service in St. Petersburg, Fla., said studies have linked the dolphins' behavior with people feeding dolphins, often from sightseeing tours that are common in many resort areas. Dolphins learn to hang around people for food handouts, she said.
"It's a very complex management issue for us because it is such a widespread problem," said Hortsman.
Zales blames the problem on state and federal fishing limits enacted in recent years to protect against overfishing of species like red snapper.
Rather than saving fish, he said, the rules cause many anglers to throw back large numbers of undersized ones %u2014 oftentimes right into the jaws of waiting dolphins.
"With us having to throw fish back, (dolphin) literally now live in different places where we go fish," Zales said. "They know they have a free meal ..."
Dolphin expert Randall Wells said anglers shouldn't release fish around dolphins. But regulations require anglers to throw back undersize and excess fish without accounting for the presence of the mammals.
"It's an area where the various fishery agencies need to come together and find a solution," said Wells, a researcher at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Fla.
A federal agent who investigates reported attacks on dolphins said he hasn't noticed an increase in violence against them. But he said no one really knows the extent of the problem because so many confrontations likely occur 20 to 30 miles offshore in deep waters.
"That far out the bodies are never going to wash up on shore," said Allan Coker, who works with NOAA's fisheries law enforcement office in Niceville, Fla.
Coker helped investigate a case last year when an informant reported that the captain of a 60-foot commercial fishing boat based in Panama City was making pipe bombs to toss at meddlesome bottlenose dolphin.
"When he was offshore and dolphins approached he'd light one and throw it in the water," said Coker. "The deckhands said it would rock the whole boat."
Authorities don't know if any dolphins were killed, but a judge sentenced Capt. Garry Alvin Key, 51, to two years imprisonment in March after he pleaded guilty to illegally possessing explosives and taking or attempting to take marine mammals.
Two other captains, one from Florida and another from Alabama, have been placed on probation and fined $1,000 each since 2006 after admitting they shot at dolphins stealing fish from their boats. One used a .357-caliber Magnum, court records show.
Coker said complaints about such incidents often come from people who are upset at the sight of someone shooting at an animal that many still associate with the 1960s TV show "Flipper."
"A lot of times it happens on a charter boat where there's someone it doesn't sit well with," he said.
Copyright %uFFFD 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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Well, I love animals more and more then people. And Dolphins my favourite animals. And I want to save them.
Well, I love animals more and more then people. And Dolphins my favourite animals. And I want to save them.
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Amous Ho, Malaysia
so it is a crime for a dolphin to eat a fish ? what are you ?? NUTS !! those fishes are the only dish they can get. you idiots !! unlike us humans we can choose what we wanna eat. there's chicken, beef, pork....etc. can dolphins eat chicken or beef ? NO ! you kill those poor animals because you can't get any fish on your hook ?? what a shame to call yourself an Angler. go get a new sport asshole.
so it is a crime for a dolphin to eat a fish ? what are you ?? NUTS !! those fishes are the only dish they can get. you idiots !! unlike us humans we can choose what we wanna eat. there's chicken, beef, pork....etc. can dolphins eat chicken or beef ? NO ! you kill those poor animals because you can't get any fish on your hook ?? what a shame to call yourself an Angler. go get a new sport asshole.
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stop killing the dolphins or i will kill you
stop killing the dolphins or i will kill you
i believe that killing dolphins is a huge crime they are almost gone why make it worse
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Please Save Dolphins.. -------------- Please Stop Hurt Animals. We Support Animals With Our Heart. We Love Animals. I Will Swear To God Forbid Someone Hurt Animals. We Will Pray For SAVE ANIMALS!! -------------- Listen, Please Get A This Printer And Get Your Paper For Signature With Envelope Before Send To Governor. Please Pass Your Friends and Your Family. Please Do Not Need To Wait. Go Now!! That's Website From Selena. http://www.islanddog.org/writetogovernor.html Hey Everyone, If You Love Animals, Then Please Sign In And Please Pass Your Friends and Your Family Will Sign In, Too Becuz No One Sign In For Everyday Please I Beg You Save Animals IN PR. When You Sign My Link Until 1,000 - I Will Go To Fly In Puerto Rico Visit To Speak With Governor. I Will Show To Govenor From You Signed 1,000 This Paper So I Will Promise Animals, Plus I Will Send Donate Animals In PR As More!! I Promise Animals In PR Becuz I Am Still Good Heart With Animals In PR. That's Why Thankz For Your Time. Here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/dogs-cats-and-many-animals-got-deperate-in-puerto-rico
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Anne Voloshin, Connecticut
I live in Florida half the year. This practice along with shooting sharks should be illegal.
I live in Florida half the year. This practice along with shooting sharks should be illegal.
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They Have Feelings The Same As We Do....
They Have Feelings The Same As We Do....
It is wrong 2 Murder, and I concider That Murder....
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Joshua Smith, Connecticut
Joshua A Smith
Joshua A Smith
From what I understand dolphins are intelligent creatures, friendly to man, and have even been trained by the military to help us.I think it is horrible the fact that they are shooting these creatures.They have every right to compete with us for their food supply.If human beings practiced a more sustainable lifestyle, and didn't waste and pollute so many of our natural resources, this kind of thing would not be happening.There should be plenty of fish in the sea, more of the earth is covered by oceans than land.
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Yimmy Squares, Connecticut
Love the dolphins! Don't kill them! God is watching you!!!
Love the dolphins! Don't kill them! God is watching you!!!
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James Mulconry, Connecticut
Dolphin shooting and bombing is barbaric. Fishermen are still going to get their catch. Have some ethics. Dolphins are great mammals. "What one sets out,one gets back"! ALWAYS!!!!
Dolphin shooting and bombing is barbaric. Fishermen are still going to get their catch. Have some ethics. Dolphins are great mammals. "What one sets out,one gets back"! ALWAYS!!!!
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8:26 pm PDT, Aug 22,
Darla Sensabugh, Michigan
This is ridiculous-violence precedes violence. How is shooting innocent dolphins helping curb violence? It's gonna create violence everywhere if not stopped. I work with abused youth and this is gonna be a disaster if not stopped now. I don't buy tuna unless it's dolphin safe and I'll stop buying tuna all together if this continues. |
# 464:
8:18 pm PDT, Aug 22,
Melissa Dvorak, Massachusetts
# 463:
7:02 pm PDT, Aug 22,
Robert P Linck, Michigan
# 462:
6:29 pm PDT, Aug 22,
SL VSL, Bulgaria
# 461:
1:27 pm PDT, Aug 20,
Chum R, Canada
# 460:
2:48 pm PDT, Aug 16,
Tyler Wiebe, Canada
# 459:
11:10 am PDT, Aug 14,
Heather Sherman, Connecticut
The sailors' excuses are no justification for shooting and otherwise killing innocent animals. These majestic sea creatures are protected by federal law, so it's not like you can just get off scot-free for killing a dolphin just because "he started it." Dolphins need to eat fish to survive; that's their natural prey. Fish aren't our natural prey, so why are we stealing from them in the first place? It's unnatural and unfair to the dolphins. In fact, I support the dolphins' retaliation and hope they win.
The sailors' excuses are no justification for shooting and otherwise killing innocent animals. These majestic sea creatures are protected by federal law, so it's not like you can just get off scot-free for killing a dolphin just because "he started it." Dolphins need to eat fish to survive; that's their natural prey. Fish aren't our natural prey, so why are we stealing from them in the first place? It's unnatural and unfair to the dolphins. In fact, I support the dolphins' retaliation and hope they win.
# 458:
4:51 pm PDT, Aug 13,
Dawn Bolin, Ohio
# 457:
1:02 pm PDT, Aug 12,
Vicky Kontou, Germany
Shooting such a beautiful and intelligent living creature is just barbaric. Find another way to protect your fish. Stop killing dolphins in cold blood.
Shooting such a beautiful and intelligent living creature is just barbaric. Find another way to protect your fish. Stop killing dolphins in cold blood.
# 455:
11:17 pm PDT, Aug 11,
Toni Morris, Colorado
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# 454:
3:17 pm PDT, Aug 11,
Pamylle Greinke, New York
# 453:
2:23 pm PDT, Aug 11,
Ruth Rollow, Texas
This is absurd. People are the ones who have created this problems. They have a difficult enough time with all the overfishing, long lines. pollution...etc. How about putting some thought into another solution because what is being done now is definitely ignorant.
This is absurd. People are the ones who have created this problems. They have a difficult enough time with all the overfishing, long lines. pollution...etc. How about putting some thought into another solution because what is being done now is definitely ignorant.
These creatures have come to the aid of humans in trouble countless times. Do you really want to kill the dolphin, that could possibly save your life, if you happen to find yourself in a bad situation? It may just be the one dolphin that would save your life.
# 452:
9:33 am PDT, Aug 11,
Elisabeth Karcher, France
# 451:
9:26 am PDT, Aug 11,
Annie Bertrand, France
