Saving Dolphins & Whales - Protecting the Oceans
BlueVoice.org is an ocean conservation organization founded in 2000 by Hardy Jones and Ted Danson. Its mission is to
protect dolphins, whales, and other marine mammals and to raise popular awareness about the plight of the oceans. BlueVoice has fought to end the
slaughter of dolphins in Japan and to expose the harmful levels of
toxins in the marine environment, including mercury, PCBs, and persistent organic pollutants, and their
impact on both marine mammals and humans.
BlueVoice and Peruvian marine conservation group Mundo Azul have uncovered and documented the mass slaughter of dolphins for use as shark bait. We have just finished filming the dolphin kill itself as well as the taking of large numbers of sharks that are finned for export to Asia.
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An international effort to end the brutal slaughter of dolphins in Peru has been initiated by a coalition of marine conservation organizations headed up by BlueVoice.org and Peruvian-based Mundo Azul. The campaign is aimed at fishing practices that rely on killing dolphins to use as shark bait.
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Sharks - most of them undersized - are brought to shore and finned. Peru is well on its way to wiping out the shark populations along its coast. The sharks are fished using bait from dolphins that the fishermen harpoon.
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After U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy tweeted that she is ³concerned about the inhumaneness³ of the dolphin hunt at Taiji world attention was once again focused on that small village east of Osaka. Sadly, Taiji is not the only place in the world where dolphins are killed.
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BlueVoice’s investigation into dolphin hunting in Peru reveals a far wider slaughter than expected. Thousands of dolphins are being killed for food. Read our working paper prepared for the International Whaling Commission and other world bodies.
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BlueVoice Executive Director Hardy Jones and Dr. Carlos Yaipen-Llanos went to the scene and counted 615 dead dolphins within 135 kilometers. Reaction has been worldwide. Tests to determine the cause are ongoing. Read Dr. Yaipen-Llanos’ report of his initial findings.
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At an increasing rate, remains of slaughtered dolphins are being found on the public beaches of San Jose in northern Peru. According to medical records there has been a steady increase in the incidence of diabetes in this town. Cases of diabetes reported have tripled.
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Man-made chemicals ingested and absorbed into the human body through eating high-on-the-food-chain fish and especially marine mammals are contributing to a spike in incidence of diabetes and obesity in many coastal nations. This assertion comes from a review of 240 scientific papers.
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Each year Japanese fishermen kill approximately 20,000 dolphins - over 2,000 in Taiji and 18,000 in the waters off northern Japan. [
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Dolphins, Whales and Humans Imperiled by ocean contamination. [
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BlueVoice launches campaign to reverse Whaling Commission quota for Greenland humpback whales hunt. [
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Dolphins at oceanarium shows appear to enjoy themselves. But how dolphins are captured and kept in these facilities is one of almost unimaginable
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Check out this amazing video shot near Tahiti. [
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