Why you and I need to care
.. about humans, about dolphins, about what is happening around us environmentally ... To care about environmental issues, dolphins included, does not exclude caring for human beings. In fact, it is the same thing. The environment supports us, does it not? It would be a good step to understand that environmental care includes care for humans. After all is said and done, we live here too, don't we?
No, I did not see Flipper as a child, in fact, I've never seen Flipper or Bambi or anything else in that genre - I also know very little about animal environmentalism or any kind of action there. I know more about reefs and reef protection, the close-in ocean habitat. But, I have sailed with, and played with Dolphins in the ocean. I also do not particularly lend support to these environmental groups having asked Fernadez to block the import of the Dolphins.
I am not sure what is right in this circumstance. It seems instead of discussion, we're getting comments focused on fighting an environmental debate. That is not where it is at, and it is not where I am at.
What I am sure of, is:
Dolphins help maintain natural fish resources and stocks. They are high level predators in their watery world and mainly prey on old and ill fish. In this way, they play an important role in fighting diseases among the fish population. It is said that by killing or capturing dolphins, we are killing the "sanitary police of the oceans", which may result in more diseases and diminished fish populations. To my understanding, to kill/capture a dolphin therefore means to directly damage sustainable fisheries.
Dolphins are intelligent, social and very very kind to humans. It just strikes me as completely wild to pay these kind animals back by capturing them in brutal ways, almost like kicking and beating your dog, you know!. It reminds me the the saying 'A dog is a man's best friend'. I think in the oceans, a dolphin is a man's best friend. Their brains are also about 20% bigger than a human brain.
Dolphins have a language - amongst themselves, each dolphin has a personal whistle, kinda like a name. They communicate with their own whistling speech patterns. So, they are identifiable to one another as unique. I don't know of any other species in the animal kingdom that have such a communication system. They also have the same senses that humans have, all of the senses, excepting smell.
These are the reasons that I am interested in what happens here. And I think, these are also some of the reasons why having environmental priorities are not "all ?F?ed up!" Environment and People are the same coin! It is not one against the other. It your life and your environment too, you know!
