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Dolphin Sanctuary for Aquarium Residents

June 17, 2016 By Rebecca McGhee Leave a Comment

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The Baltimore Aquarium decided to create a dolphin sanctuary.

The Baltimore Aquarium is searching for a place where to release the eight dolphins that until now have lived only in closed tanks. This would be the first time when an aquarium plans to release dolphins back into the ocean, and the action is scheduled to take place by 2020.

The Ethical Treatment of Animals agency received the news with great joy and considered it to be of great importance.

The aquarium officials take into consideration several options for the dolphin sanctuary location, among which the Florida Keys and the Caribbean.

The reservation will have a full-time staff, isolation pools for medical care, a temporary refuge, barriers to stop breeding, and must be placed in the clean waters of a temperate climate area. The dolphin sanctuary will have a surface of a couple of acres.

Out from the eight dolphins, only one of them swam in ocean water. The rest of seven were born at the aquarium.

Their ages are from 7 to 44 years old. The dolphins stopped to be part of shows in 2012, but they remained on the aquarium premises.

In the last years, the aquarium started to evaluate other options for its dolphins, as the public lost interest and became more critical towards live animal shows.

Another two companies that used elephants in entertainment purposes had to retire the animals because of public concerns about animal cruelty.

SeaWorld also became a negative example when they decided to phase out one of their most famous animals. The decision was followed by declining attendance, cancellations, partnership losses, and protests, all of which lasted for years.

The dolphins that will be sent to the sanctuary will remain under human supervision for the rest of their lives, as they spent too much time in closed tanks and they are not equipped to live in the wild.

The CEO of the aquarium says that they are aware the movement will be neither easy nor cheap.

The cost of the aquarium set-up may be high; however the cost of dolphin care should be lower because the animals would not need as much attention in the ocean waters as they would in tanks.

In 2011, the death of two newborn dolphins caused the aquarium a loss of $1.9 million.

Three other animal advocacy groups announced their intention to create a seaside sanctuary for belugas, dolphins, and orcas.

The Baltimore National Aquarium will work with state and federal agencies to create the sanctuary and relocate the dolphins.

Image Source: Pixabay

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: animal advocacy groups, animal captivity, animal cruelty, Baltimore National Aquarium, breeding barriers, clean waters, dolphin sanctuary, Dolphins, medical care, sea animals

Report Says: Currently 270000 Tons of Plastic Floating in World’s Oceans

December 11, 2014 By Germaine Hicks Leave a Comment

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A recent report demonstrates that around 270,000 tons of plastic floats in the Earth’ oceans.  This large amount of plastic can effortlessly fill more than 38,500 garbage trucks.

Every size and kind of plastic material such as toys, bottle caps, pacifiers and shopping bags are included in this estimation. Even the most remote oceans are not free of plastic.

The chief goal of this research is to calculate the exact quantity of synthetic material present in the oceans. Additionally, researchers want to closely analyze the impact of plastic materials on the entire marine eco system and the life of sea mammals such as seabirds and fish.

Earlier, a study revealed that plastic items kill entangling dolphins, sea turtles and other animals.  A few marine animals also dies when these plastic fragments lodge in their throats.

The ships that were responsible for the accumulation of data traveled all around the world for nearly six years.  They gathered small pieces of plastic through net and predicted worldwide figures with computer models. However, the study merely include plastic present on the surface of the ocean.

Markus Eriksen, the lead author of the study informed that useless fish nets and buoys are the biggest source of plastic in the oceans.

Other researchers notified that collected the data from the regions where scientists are unable to start researcher like Indian Ocean, South Atlantic Ocean and Southern Ocean.

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: deaths, ocean, plastic material, sea animals, trash

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