'Rescuing dolphins' in the Solomon Islands

I am sorry, but I had to laugh out loud when I read what Veterinarian Rene Varela, one of six candidates in Lake Worth, Florida, mayoral elections (and who is reported to be a partner in Ocean Embassy Inc., which provides dolphins captured in the wild for aquariums) had to say about dolphin captures in the Solomon Islands. Dr. Varela is reported to maintain 'that his work rescues dolphins from places - he cites the Solomon Islands - where they traditionally have been abused and
slaughtered.'

However, WDCS believes that the drive hunts and the live captures occur separately in the Solomon Islands. The live captures do not use drive hunts to obtain dolphins and indeed, the species targeted tend to be different. It tends to be Common dolphins killed in the dirve hunt and bottlenose dolphins in the live capture for the dolphinaria industry.

The Palm Beach Post quotes Varela as saying 'Ocean Embassy intervened in the Solomon Islands to help distressed dolphins and people who were being exploited.'

There is a documentary available on the issue of the captures here

There were further captures in the islands in January 2009

This entry was posted by Chris Butler-Stroud on Sunday, November 1. 2009 at 14:07. and is filed under Author - CEO. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own blog. All new comments are subject to moderation before being displayed.

Defined tags for this entry: captivity, dolphinaria, drive fishery, solomon islands, taiji, wdcs

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'Rescuing dolphins' in the Solomon Islands