PBS Dolphin Defender
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A little off topic but did anyone else see the PBS Nature series on the Dolphin Defender? This episode was about Hardy Jones and his crusade to protect dolphins around the world. Hardy brought a stop to the mass killing of Dolphins in Japan in the 70’s by filming it and sending the film around the world. It’s impressive that one man with a camera made such a dramatic impact on a fishery in peril.
It’s a worth watching show with some great visuals and neat stories about dolphin/human interaction and attempts at communication. Check it out or TIVO it if you get a chance.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-dolphin-defender/introduction/805/Not to take anything away from Trout conservation efforts but sometimes I wonder if our efforts would be more beneficial if used to protect our non renewable fisheries in the worlds oceans.
Yea Brett and they’re at it again recently along with China.
I’m no tree hugger by a long shot but something about this kind of killing just makes my blood boil.
Here’s a video that demonstrates the slaughter a lot better then I can with a keyboard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkgCTDqQYBEWow, that’s just a little extreme. Don’t judge that many people based on the actions of a few, especially a few who live in poverty most of us probablly can’t fathom. Anyway in the actual Nature program the man who has dedicated much of his life to stopping those slaughters examins the humanity of some of those involved and comes to quite a different conclusion.
I watched it on the DVR last night, really good program, one of the best Nature has put out lately. The use of the old footage was cool. The part where those three dolphins chase the shark away from him was almost creepy.
Sadly it isn’t just the Japanese who are doing this.
Carter the shark scene was pretty impressive. The kind relationship that seems to exist between Dolphins and Humans is fascinating.
I thought the study on communications was also intriguing. I wonder if we’ll someday break the code and be able to communicate.I’ve had a few encounters with wild Dolphins while on off shore fishing trips. Although the Captains hate them, they made the trip for me. They would come up to the boat stick their head out of the water and look right at you. Every now and again one would slap its tail on the surface like a beaver on steroids.
I’m confident that they were trying to communicate to me that I needed to catch another undersized Red Snapper. 🙂Yeah, the implications of that communication study are pretty crazy, makes you wonder what they’d do if they had thumbs. I’ve had them swarm my kayak before while fishing the beaches when the surf is light. It definitely puts an end to the fishing but they are cool to watch all the same.
Sorry I’m still not going to judge a whole people based on that. And yes, these massive dolphin slaughters (which I certainly don’t condone) are taking place in rural areas full of poverty and ignorance. The Japanese government has set appalling fishing/whaling regulations but it’s not grounds to judge the whole populous as lacking human dignity. It’s hardly the only government doing atrocious things because they are being heavily lobbied by big moneyed interests.
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