Oceans are very close to my heart, along with all the mammals that lived there. The innocent-looking waves, soft sands, warm blowing wind, glittering deep blue green water against a brilliant blue sky makes it all perfect for me. I want it to be my home. It instantly makes my heart melt, literally. Ocean will always and always have a big space in my heart.
Ever since I was a kid, I always wanted to be a diver and clean up beaches, save giant clams, rescue dolphins and other marine mammals, they made me feel that I somehow belong there. (I am most comfortable with them compared to land-animals) that's why when I heard from a friend about dolphins massacre in Japan last year, I was like... "what the hell are these people doing?!" I have to do something to stop this madness! These people are brutally cruel, it's just so inhumane! How can they kill such innocent, intelligent and friendly mammals like dolphins?! I just can't sleep without doing something to help these mammals.
I also read this information from the SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY:
The fishermen in villages like Taiji, go out in small boats to known dolphin migratory routes. Positioning their boats strategically, they space out to form a line and wait for the dolphins. When the dolphins arrive, the fishermen drop long metal pipes into the water, and by banging on the pipes they create a wall of sound. The sound interferes with the dolphins' ability to navigate - it disorients and panics them. The dolphins swim away from the sound, and the fisherman maneuver their boats herding them into a small shallow bay. Once in the bay, nets are drawn across the mouth of the bay to keep them penned in.
The fishermen usually injure a few of the captive dolphins with a spear thrust or a knife slash - dolphins will not abandon these wounded family members.
Trapped in the shallow water, the dolphins mill about trying to stay as far from land as possible until the next morning. In the morning, the fishermen draw the nets in, forcing the dolphins closer to shore where they kill them by stabbing and slashing them with knives and hooks. The dolphins thrash about for as long as six minutes each as they slowly bleed to death, turning the sea literally red with their blood.
After the massacre, the bodies of the dolphins are taken to a slaughter house to be butchered. The meat is severely contaminated but is sold without warnings in supermarkets in Japan - supermarkets often owned by US and European chains.
As far as I know, dolphins have helped humans in so many ways. Sometimes, dolphins have helped people in the ocean by protecting them from the attack of sharks.They have done this by swimming around the people and making sharks go away.Other stories tell about boats being saved by following dolphins during thick fog conditions until the clear off dangerous waters. So recently, I emailed WWF and asked how can I help to save the dolphins and I found out from Ma'am Maye Padilla that an AD in the INQUIRER showed that there will be a "GRAND DOLPHIN SHOW" at the Araneta Center next month! Dolphins from Indonesia will be exported in the Philippines and the show will be on a parking lot where dolphins will perform in front of a huge crowd and then will be transfered to their next location. Just imagine how the dolphins will be so uncomfortable there with all those people screaming and shouting and plus the over hotness of the sun! They will keep the dolphins in a shallow pool full of chlorine that will eventually harm the dolphins. So together with the WWF team, we put our hopes up and a lot of prayers that this event will not be pursued. To help, we can do the following:
Kindly contact Araneta Center to tell them to stop sponsorship of these shows:
Ma. Lorna Datiles-Fabian
Senior Leasing ManagerAraneta Center, Inc.9th Floor, Aurora Tower, Araneta Center...Quezon City 0810, PhilippinesTrunk Line: 911-3101 ext. 8313Direct Line: 912-8668Fax: 911-5328
VIA FACEBOOK:http://www.facebook.com/AranetaCenterhttp://www.aranetacenter.net/
2. Contact Department of Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala not to issue the import permits for the dolphins. (Note: Kindly send polite letters, thank you)
Also, recently, I volunteered to help sir A.g. Saño, an individual working with other individuals for a campaign. What they are doing now is trying to match the average number of dolphin kills per year in Japan which is 23,000. Since they started in May, they have now reached about 21,000 dolphins around the Philippines, plus Singapore and Malaysia. He invited me to help him paint a long wall in Cubao this coming Friday, so if you are free maybe you can come too! Spread the word and help save the dolphins!
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