Nature studies: Stay away from the dolphins kept in tanks. The only ones to see live wild.
Michael McCarthy
It was all part of a zoological craze that swept the world at the end of the 1960s
Sometimes features of our lives with which everyone is familiar can disappear so completely that the next generation has no idea they ever existed. So it is, thankfully, with the dolphinarium …
The Independent – Monday 26 May 2014
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Is that fish on the SASSI red list?
There’s little that beats fresh seafood for dinner, but the fact is that variety is hard to come by due to overfishing and polluted oceans. But it’s not all doom and gloom, rather it’s about making responsible choices …
iAfrica.com – Mon, 26 May 2014 10:50 AM
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National Aquarium’s dolphin question at center of animal welfare debate
By Yvonne Wenger – The Baltimore Sun
BALTIMORE – The big question facing Baltimore’s National Aquarium – whether to keep Atlantic bottlenose dolphins in the amphitheater pool or release them to an ocean-side sanctuary – is the latest twist in the decadeslong evolution of American zoos and aquatic attractions from circuslike menageries to portals into the natural environment …
Salina.com – May 26, 2014 7:52 AM
www.salina.com/news/K4189-BC-D…
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30.000 bees stolen last year – and thousands of sheep, fish and dogs also targeted by thieves
by Antonia Molloy
It is well-known that bees are an endangered species, but threats to the insects are more comprehensive than you might think – around 30.000 of the creatures were stolen by thieves last year.
Bees made up an estimated 50 per cent of the 60.000 animals stolen in 2013, the Mirror reported ( www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-ne… ) …
The Independent- Monday 26 May 2014
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