AR-News: Not A Perfect Picture

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From:animal_net at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [animal_net] Digest Number 926
Message: 1
 Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 08:11:01 -0400
 Not A Perfect Picture

The South Florida Sun Sentinel just hit the streets. The first installment dated Sunday, May 16th 2004, is almost five full pages long. The Headlines read: "Not a Perfect Picture". On page 32A there's a half page ad for a TV news piece called "The Price They Pay for our Amusement" It will air 10:PM tomorrow night on channel 10 in the south Florida area.  

You can see Sally Kestin's article on the web: www.sun-sentinel.com 

Having read the first installment very carefully it turns out that we are not crazy after all.

Richard O'Barry, Marine Mammal Specialist
One Voice - Miami
phone/fax: 305-6681619
e-mail: ricobarry at bellsouth.net
www.onevoice-ear.org 
www.dolphinproject.org 




http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/sfl-marinestorygallery,0,2119297.storygallery?coll=sfla-home-dots-utility

     
      Marine Attractions: Below the Surface


      In a five-part series the Sun-Sentinel examines the origins and record of the Marine Parks industry, reviewing federal documents never before analyzed even by the government agency that has collected them for three decades. 

      PART 1: Not a perfect picture 
      Four decades ago, hunters off the coast of Washington found the perfect young killer whale specimen swimming with its mother. They fired a harpoon, hoping to attach a buoy to the bigger animal that would make trailing them easier. But the spear went in deep and the mother whale drowned.

      Marine attraction responses 
      The Sun-Sentinel asked 129 facilities displaying marine mammals, all of those licensed nationwide and foreign facilities that received animals from the U.S., for their records on attendance, revenues and animal deaths. Here are some responses:

      What marine attractions say vs. the official record 
      The Sun-Sentinel compared what marine attractions wrote on their Web sites and told visitors with what they reported to the federal government:

      Lifespans in captivity debated 
      How long do they live?

      Ages of captive animals at death 


      Government data central to this investigation 
      The South Florida Sun-Sentinel examined the Marine Mammal Inventory Report, a federal database of marine mammals at parks, zoos and aquariums in the U.S. and those sent to foreign facilities plus their progeny. Maintained by the National Marine Fisheries Service since 1972, the inventory tracks births, deaths and transfers of the animals as reported by the parks and zoos.


     


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Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."      Margaret Mead
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