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Fishing
Boats use dolphins to mark where tuna are located
since tuna usually swim underneath groups of dolphins. During the
pursuit to
get
tuna, dolphins get caught. Dolphin safe tuna is important to the
survival of
the dolphin species. Dolphins are innocent creatures that get killed
due to the
reckless tuna fisheries that kill the dolphins. The dolphin safe
tuna
symbol on a can could be stretching the truth. The tuna fisheries want
you to think they are following the law but sometimes the symbol is
used to protect companies that may not be complying
with the
spirit of the law due to loopholes in new legislation. The fishing boat
go out and fish for the tuna and in the
process,
dolphins get captured. The dolphins are confused by the engine noise
and the nets
in a
place that would usually be peaceful. They die of the terrible
encounter they
had. The fishermen just throw away the dolphin as if they had not just
committed a murder. That’s what it’s like for the dolphins, murder!
It’s said
that 2500-5000 dolphins die each year! The dolphin species will soon be
extinct
if this keeps up. But that does not mean we cannot stop thousands of
dolphins
from getting killed. What are you going to do to help the dolphins?
Resources:
http://www.hsus.org/hsi/policy_and_trade/treaties/the_dolphin_safe_label/
http://www.earthisland.org/dolphinSafeTuna/
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