tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55969058396349706332024-02-07T03:27:39.675-08:00Save Misty The DolphinSave Misty The Dolphinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703635200112905103noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596905839634970633.post-39235140002934493052012-12-31T07:28:00.000-08:002013-09-10T05:24:02.511-07:00Happy New Year from Save Misty the Dolphin<br />
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It was a 49 second YouTube video. Some of the footage was shaky and awkward, but one thing that was perfectly clear was that a lone dolphin was floating in a tiny above-ground pool on the grounds of Dolphin Base in Taiji. The water in the pool was black, and the dolphin, who was clinging to a dirty yellow buoy, barely moved. This <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=s9CLbla3dcU" target="_blank">groundbreaking video</a>, taken on December 29, 2010, was a first glimpse behind the walls of the Dolphin Base complex. It also sparked a worldwide movement now known as “<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Savemistythedolphin" target="_blank">Save Misty the Dolphin</a>.” <br />
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After Andy Romanowski uploaded the video and shared it via social media, activists got busy. Adam Filby and Alyson Walsh-Fernandez started a Facebook campaign, Save Misty the Dolphin. The purpose of the campaign was to put pressure on Dolphin Base to MOVE the dolphin, dubbed “Misty” out of that stagnant pool and into a clean water. Caring people around the world became involved in the effort. Thousands of calls, emails and faxes were logged. On January 2, 2011, Cove Guardian Libby Miller noted in her daily blog for Sea Shepherd that she had a brief conversation with the vet at Dolphin Base. Said Miller: <br />
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<i>He specifically mentioned that he wished the phone calls and e-mails to Dolphin Base would stop. His statement indicates that what the general public is doing by taking the time and making an effort to call and write to Dolphin Base is actually working! Not only is it working, but it’s changing things and making a difference. Each and every one of you is contributing and actively participating to change Misty’s situation. And for that, we thank you.</i><br />
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On January 4, 2011, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk4sYX9Bol8&list=UUX0hxeJjAEaJEV9Ug-Ad6Pw&index=6" target="_blank">Misty was moved to a cleaner pool</a>. Cove Guardians continued to track his condition until a devastating tsunami hit northern Japan in March 2011. Volunteers with Sea Shepherd and Save Japan Dolphins, who had traveled to Otsuchi, Japan, to expose the Dall’s porpoise hunt, barely escaped with their lives. As an international community, we grieved for the thousands of innocent lives destroyed on that fateful day. Our thoughts remain with those who continue to struggle to rebuild in the wake of the March 2011 disaster. <br />
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Following that first season, our social media campaign grew. During the 2011-12 Taiji dolphin hunt, we continued to monitor and report on daily activities in The Cove. Just as the hunt came to a close in February, Save Misty the Dolphin partnered with Sea Shepherd Hong Kong in a successful initiative to <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/hong-kong-airlines-says-no-more-flying-dolphins?no_cache=1356967254" target="_blank">stop the Hong Kong Airlines from transporting dolphins from The Cove</a>. Into the spring, we worked with Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to bring attention to the plight of scapegoated sea lions who are being targeted by Oregon state officials for the act of eating salmon at the Bonneville Dam. <br />
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Even though the sea lions have been determined to be eating a much smaller percentage of the salmon than are taken by the fishery for human consumption, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife authorized and ordered the branding and killing of California sea lions by lethal injection because the marine mammals are said to compete with fishermen for salmon on the Columbia River. The sea lion campaign has revealed not only how our laws and the implementing agencies are out of step with humane - and reasonable - treatment of these sea lions, it was also a demonstration of the fallacy of boycotts. <br />
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Just as most people in Japan are not aware of the Taiji dolphin hunt, most people in the United States are not aware of the Bonneville sea lion cull. If one follows the logic of those who support a boycott of Japan because of the Taiji dolphin slaughter, we would also support a boycott of the United States because of the Bonneville sea lions. Neither solution is logical, and neither solution will stop the spilling of blood. Why punish people who have nothing whatsoever to do with Taiji or Bonneville for the actions of a few? It is our opinion that such actions are not effective and serve only to alienate those who may be in a position to make real change. In the case of Japan, we believe that the collective voice of Japanese citizens is key to ending the Taiji dolphin hunt. Earlier in 2012, Japanese citizens gathered for the first time ever to protest the killings in The Cove. This was a major step for a group of brave activists who stood strong in the face of angry nationalists, who shouted and even spat upon the peaceful protestors. Save Misty the Dolphin applauds these heroes for the dolphins. We wish them only the best and stand ready to support them as they continue to seek solutions from within. <br />
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July 12, 2012, was an historic day as we were finally able to report that <a href="http://savemistythedolphin.blogspot.com/2012/07/misty-dolphin-is-alive.html" target="_blank">Misty is alive in Taiji</a>. Months of investigative work preceded this news, which was supported by video and photographic evidence. Throughout summer 2012, we had the great privilege of working with folks from Save Japan Dolphins and activists around the world to produce Japan Dolphins Day 2012. On August 31, 2012, caring people in nearly 100 cities around the globe took part in the single largest gathering ever for the dolphins of Taiji. The video below includes clips from protests around the world and a glimpse of our friend Misty! <br />
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As we are now well into our 3rd season of reporting on Taiji, we want to share some observations. While watching what happens in The Cove is nothing short of horrid, we do see change. Following the recent destruction of a large pod of bottlenose dolphins, there can be no question that what happens in Taiji is at the behest of a greedy captive industry. When trainers share boats with killers and stand idly by as dolphins are drowned in nets, there can be no question that the captive industry, which claims to care about dolphins, is preserving that industry in full awareness and at the expense of the casualties of Taiji. We see killers going to great pains to hide their murderous deeds. We see annual decreases in the number of animals being killed. We see dolphin meat sitting unsold on store shelves in Taiji. We see heroic volunteers from <a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/" target="_blank">Sea Shepherd</a> and <a href="http://www.savejapandolphins.org/" target="_blank">Save Japan Dolphins</a> who bear witness and tell the word about Taiji. We see the number of people involved in the cause increasing by many thousands and we believe wholeheartedly that all of these factors will spell the eventual end of the Taiji hunt. A compassionate world has very little tolerance for the atrocities of Taiji. <br />
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It is the commitment of our 11-member crew to continue doing what we do until that day comes when the waters of The Cove are forever blue and every last one is free, but we know - as we have known from that very first day - that the strength of Save Misty the Dolphin lies not in the members of our social media team, but rather in an amazing community built on six simple words: Never be silent - never give up. <br />
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We toast each of you in the New Year and wish you only the best for 2013. Thank YOU for all you do to make the world a better place for vulnerable marine mammals. <br />
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Save Misty The Dolphinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703635200112905103noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596905839634970633.post-10923090636772896022012-12-17T17:26:00.001-08:002012-12-18T15:11:08.247-08:00AN OPEN LETTER TO IMATA FROM SAVE MISTY THE DOLPHIN<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Eric Gaglione
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Re: Taiji Dolphin Drive Hunt Statement of Refusal of Bottlenose Dolphins Caught on December 12-17, 2012, and other Hunts</div>
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FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION: DO NOT TRAIN OR WORK WITH ANY DOLPHINS FROM ANY DRIVE HUNT, INCLUDING THE HUNT ON DECEMBER 12-17, 2012.</div>
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We write to you as <b>concerned </b>members of the global social media campaign, Save Misty the Dolphin, to request that the International Marine Animal Trainers Association (IMATA) act swiftly to issue a statement discouraging its membership from working with any dolphins procured from the dolphin drive hunt in Taiji, Japan. This statement should include, in particular, 101 bottlenose dolphins taken from a drive hunt that occurred on December 12, 2012.</div>
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On December 13, and all days since then, IMATA has received communications from the Save Misty the Dolphin community, and from many other individuals who are concerned about the welfare of dolphins, notifying IMATA of a horrific drive of a large pod of bottlenose dolphins into The Cove in Taiji, Japan. These emails were generated by thousands of individuals who sent them to you individually and via a petition at change.org.</div>
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As we notified you on December 13, 2012, and you are, therefore, aware, on December 12, 2012, in Taiji, Japan, a large pod of bottlenose dolphins was hunted and trapped in The Cove. After reviewing photos and video footage, it appears that this large pod contained approximately 200 dolphins. Of the 200 detained in The Cove, at least 23 were killed underneath tarps while trainers observed. Two dolphin calves drowned in nets strung to prevent them from escaping. At no time does video footage show that any fisherman, diver or trainer made an effort to free the calves as they were drowning. The 25 dolphins died so that 101 juvenile dolphins could be selected by trainers in The Cove, in a long and torturous process, to become performers for the aquarium industry. Further, video footage and photographic evidence reveal multiple physical insults to numerous dolphins during the selection process. Many were bloodied as a result of being run over by skiffs or hit by propellers. In no instance does footage show that trainers intervened to prevent these injuries or to treat the injured dolphins after the fact.</div>
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If IMATA stands behind its claims to be committed to the conservation and appreciation of dolphins, the organization cannot at the same time accept dolphins from any drive hunt. IMATA cannot continue to accept dolphins caught in the Taiji Drive "Fishery" and expect the public to believe that the association is concerned for the welfare of dolphins. We request that you issue a statement to your membership immediately. Such a statement should send a clear signal that IMATA, in deed as well as mission, truly supports the appreciation and welfare of dolphins in the wild and that IMATA encourages its members and member facilities to refuse to work with any of the 101 bottlenose dolphins caught and selected in the Hunt on December 12-17, 2012 or any dolphins caught in Taiji, Japan.</div>
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Please contact the Administration team at Save Misty the Dolphin - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Savemistythedolphin" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">https://www.facebook.com/Savemistythedolphin</a> - if you wish to discuss this statement or have any questions regarding this matter.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">TO SIGN THE PETITION AND SEND A COPY OF THIS LETTER TO IMATA CLICK HERE: </span><a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/imata-trainers-don-t-train-taiji-dolphins" target="_blank">http://www.change.org/petitions/imata-trainers-don-t-train-taiji-dolphins</a></div>
Save Misty The Dolphinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703635200112905103noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596905839634970633.post-1906177791484442922012-08-30T18:30:00.000-07:002013-01-26T14:47:53.123-08:00Just the FAX: A call to Action for the Dolphins of Taiji<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have provided a list of key recipients and the message "PLEASE LET THE DOLPHINS LIVE AND BE FREE. THANK YOU." in Japanese characters. All you need to do is cut and paste this message into your fax.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a link to a site that will allow you to send 2 FREE FAXES PER DAY RIGHT FROM YOUR COMPUTER! YOU DO NOT NEED A SEPARATE FAX MACHINE! We have confirmed that this link works. Once at the site, you will need to <a href="http://freecallpin.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">click on the link to receive the "free call pin"</span></a>. You do not add in the country code for Japan (81) or any dashes or spaces between numbers. You must fill out the form completely. Just click on the words "free fax button" to the immediate right of the colon to be redirected to this site : <a href="http://www.freefaxbutton.com/japan_+81.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">FREE FAX BUTTON</span></a></span><br />
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Save Misty The Dolphinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703635200112905103noreply@blogger.com57tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596905839634970633.post-18477754142693568862012-08-16T17:40:00.001-07:002012-08-16T17:40:45.281-07:00Dear Oceans,<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dear Oceans,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please watch over </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Please keep them harm's way</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Especially those who pass through</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">The perilous waters near Taiji</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Please keep them safe that they may be</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">Forever free to swim in your vast</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;">And blue home</span></div>
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Save Misty The Dolphinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703635200112905103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596905839634970633.post-54666030766751263342012-08-15T09:41:00.001-07:002012-08-15T10:52:21.858-07:00The dreaded Taiji dolphin hunt looms ahead<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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September 1 is traditionally the start of the cruel dolphin drive hunt in Taiji, Japan. During the hunt, a small fleet of fishing boats goes out to sea in search of dolphins. Dolphin hunters use “banger poles” to create a sound that disturbs the dolphins’ sensitive hearing. This sound confuses them and makes it easier for the hunters to push the panicked animals towards the shore. When a pod of dolphins is driven into The Cove, it is netted off. Some dolphins may be “selected” for training as show animals. The rest are brutally stabbed to death. The killing is neither quick nor painless. The meat, which is toxic, is sold for human consumption. All of this is documented in the 2010 Academy Award-winning movie <a href="http://www.thecovemovie.com/" target="_blank">The Cove</a>, which was directed by Louie Psihoyos and stars Ric O’Barry. PLEASE take 90 minutes to watch this movie. It will change your life.<br />
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Once the hunts begin, we invite you to follow the updates at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Savemistythedolphin" target="_blank">Save Misty the Dolphin on Facebook</a>. We have been covering Taiji for the last two seasons. You can expect accurate and timely reporting via the experts on the ground with Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Save Japan Dolphins. Our dedicated team tracks all of the updates from Taiji. As soon as they are available and verified, you will see them on our Facebook wall along with a request for direct action from YOU.<br />
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There are many things YOU can do to help the dolphins of Taiji. We will provide a comprehensive list of places to call, email and fax to register your objection to the hunt and to request that they let the dolphins LIVE AND BE FREE.<br />
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Over the years, our Facebook wall has also become a place of mutual support. We care deeply about the people in the Save Misty the Dolphin community. We ask that you please take good care of yourself during the Taiji dolphin hunt. Please find something beautiful to look at every single day. Please get outdoors and get some exercise. Please get enough sleep, and please don’t feel like you need to follow every last post and update out of Taiji. <br />
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We ask that you keep things respectful on our wall. Like Ric O’Barry, we feel strongly that the solution to the crisis of The Cove rests with the people of Japan. The Japanese government and media suppress the information about The Cove and the toxic mercury in the dolphin and whale meat. Taiji is a tiny fishing village with a population of about 3,225. It is about a 7 hour drive from Tokyo. What happens to dolphins in Taiji is simply not reported throughout Japan. Likewise, accurate information about toxic mercury in dolphin and whale meat is not made available to Japanese citizens. It is very important that this information reach the people of Japan. Knowledge is power. Armed with this information, it is our hope that the good people of Japan will be able to stand up for themselves and for the dolphins. All of this said, there is a <u>zero tolerance for racist remarks of any kind on our facebook wall</u>. Such comments will be removed and those who make them will be banned from the page.<br />
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Thank you for all you do to support the dolphins of Taiji. To become even more involved on the front lines as a Sea Shepherd Cove Guardian or a Save Japan Dolphins Cove Monitor, please click on these links:<br />
<a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/cove-guardians/" target="_blank">Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Cove Guardians</a><br />
<a href="http://savejapandolphins.org/contact/" target="_blank">Save Japan Dolphins Cove Monitors</a><br />
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To learn more about toxic mercury in dolphin and whale meat, please click on these links:<br />
<a href="http://www.bluevoice.org/news_notfood.php">BlueVoice.org</a><br />
<a href="http://en.elsaenc.net/report/dolphinmeat/">Elsa Nature Conservancy</a><br />
<a href="http://www.opsociety.org/issues/mercury-in-seafood" target="_blank">Oceanic Preservation Society</a><br />
<a href="http://savejapandolphins.org/take-action">Save Japan Dolphins</a><br />
<a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/dolphins/toxic-bureaucracy.html">Sea Shepherd Conservation Society</a><br />
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Please be sure to sign and share the <a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/yahoo-stop-selling-dolphin-and-whale-meat">petition</a> created by Melissa Sehgal, urging Yahoo to stop the sale of toxic dolphin meat! <br />
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We are all in this together. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=433238733380936&set=a.173706026000876.34670.172940192744126&type=1&theater" target="_blank">Imagine what would happen if everyone around the world visualized a blue cove?</a> We’ll never know until we try. NEVER BE SILENT ~ NEVER GIVE UP!<br />
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<i>The Administrative Team at Save Misty the Dolphin</i>Save Misty The Dolphinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703635200112905103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596905839634970633.post-58584723245283711362012-07-12T20:21:00.000-07:002012-07-12T20:47:07.322-07:00Misty the Dolphin is ALIVE!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today we have obtained a photograph of a dolphin we have come to know fondly as “Misty.” The image was taken in 2012 at Dolphin Resort in Taiji, Japan (Misty is the dolphin on the left). While we are never happy to see a dolphin in captivity -- especially in Taiji -- the sight of this particular dolphin brings tears of joy to the eyes of many, many people across the globe. MISTY THE DOLPHIN IS ALIVE!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We first learned about the plight of a very sick dolphin being held in a filthy pool in Taiji, Japan, on December 30, 2010. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30wtJ57_mFs&list=UUX0hxeJjAEaJEV9Ug-Ad6Pw&index=10&feature=plcp" target="_blank">Video footage</a> obtained by Sea Shepherd Cove Guardians Andy Romanowski, Nicole McLachlan and Libby Miller, showed an animal floating listlessly in blackened water. He clung tightly to a small yellow buoy. He appeared to be hours from death. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Within hours, our campaign, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Savemistythedolphin" target="_blank">Save Misty the Dolphin</a>, was founded on facebook. Within hours, thousands of people became part of an international movement to get this animal moved into a cleaner pool. Thousands of calls, e-mails and faxes were logged to Dolphin Base and Dolphin Resort in Taiji. <a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2011/01/03/dolphin-tormentor-rejects-captain-watsons-offer-to-buy-mistys-freedom-78" target="_blank">Sea Shepherd’s Captain Paul Watson even offered to purchase the dolphin</a>, but this offer was rejected by Misty’s captors. The calls from people around the world persisted. Members of the staff of Dolphin Base literally begged Sea Shepherd to have the calls stopped. We wouldn’t be silenced...and in the late hours of the evening of January 3, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk4sYX9Bol8" target="_blank">Misty was moved to a cleaner pool</a>. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333233; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Cove Guardians with Sea Shepherd Conservation Society continued to monitor Misty until the end of the 2011 drive hunt. We watched in horror as the disaster of March 11, 2011, hit Japan. We held our breath waiting for word about survivors. Our prayers were answered when we learned that the volunteers from Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Save Japan Dolphins survived the earthquake and tsunami. At the same time, we were grieving for a nation that lost thousands of innocents - all in a matter of minutes. </span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Following the tsunami, we had no way of keeping track of Misty. Then, with the start of the 2011-2012 dolphin drive hunt, there were all kinds of new restrictions in place in Taiji that made it extraordinarily difficult -- and illegal -- to obtain the kind of footage that was obtained by the Cove Guardians in the previous season.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our team has studied images of Misty for the last several months. Like all dolphins, Misty has certain identifiable features. In Misty’s case, these features are a short beak, an overbite and a birthmark above his eye. We broke down video clips frame-by-frame. We scoured every obtainable transfer record of dolphins shipped from Taiji, and we reached the conclusion that Misty was still being held at Dolphin Resort. In early 2012, we had an unconfirmed sighting of Misty. Now, with the acquisition of this image we can say, without a doubt, that Misty the Dolphin is alive. </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">To us, Misty is a symbol of hope. He is the reason why we are here. He is the reason why we fight, every single day, to stop the slaughter and to end captivity. We have never given up on Misty and we never will. In his name, we continue the fight. We will never be silent and we will never give up until the waters of the Cove are forever blue and all dolphins are free. We are so glad you are here with us. Let’s continue the fight - TOGETHER!</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div>Save Misty The Dolphinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703635200112905103noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596905839634970633.post-34034347200187343642012-06-22T09:01:00.000-07:002013-09-10T05:25:07.040-07:00The countdown to Taiji begins....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">September 1, 2012 is the start of the 2012-2013 Taiji dolphin drive hunt. Will you help end it?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Over the coming weeks we will post information & updates on our facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Savemistythedolphin" target="_blank">Save Misty the Dolphin</a> about the many ways YOU can get involved to END IT FOR GOOD! Please keep an eye on our page as we have LOTS to share.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">For starters, PLEASE participate in our ONE CALL A DAY CAMPAIGN:<br /><br />JUST ONE CALL A DAY. Get up, exercise, shower, get dressed, eat breakfast, brush your teeth and CALL YOUR JAPANESE EMBASSY. Please make it part of your daily routine. One call per day, Monday-Friday, from now until September 1, 2012.<br /><br />Politely urge them to NOT issue any permits to the Taiji Fisherman's Union for the purpose of the cruel & senseless Taiji dolphin drive hunt that is typically held from September - March (The drive hunt is graphically illustrated in the 2010 Academy-award winning documentary <a href="http://www.thecovemovie.com/" target="_blank">The Cove</a>, starring Ric O'Barry). Ask them to stop permitting harpoon hunting the remainder of the year. If there are no permits, there is no slaughter. It is as simple as that. AND WHILE YOU HAVE THEM ON THE PHONE LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU THINK THE IDEA OF A WHALE PARK IN TAIJI IS TERRIBLE! WHALES & DOLPHINS BELONG IN THER OCEANS - PERIOD!!! For more on the story click here:<a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/dolphin-likely-to-be-on-the-menu-at-planned-taiji-whale-zoo?cid=db_articles" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.examiner.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>article/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>dolphin-likely-to-be-on-the<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>-menu-at-planned-taiji-wha<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>le-zoo?cid=db_articles</a><br /><br />Here are the numbers for the Embassies:<br />In the United States call 202-238-6700<br />In the United Kingdom call 020-7465-6500<br />all other countries please use this link:<a href="http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/mofaserv.html" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.mofa.go.jp/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>about/emb_cons/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: inline-block;"></span>mofaserv.html</a><br /><br />Save Misty the Dolphin was built on the love of dolphins. We came together in the end of 2010 to save Misty & haven't stopped since. Pressure from our community got Misty moved from the isolation of a tiny, algae-filled pool to better conditions in a larger, cleaner pool with other dolphins at Dolphin Resort Hotel. In Misty's name we continue our work for other vulnerable marine mammals in Taiji and around the globe....<br /><br />Our heartfelt thanks to all of the <a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/cove-guardians/what-you-can-do.html" target="_blank">Sea Shepherd Cove Guardians</a> & <a href="http://savejapandolphins.org/take-action/support-us-on-the-frontlines-in-japan" target="_blank">Save Japan Dolphin Cove Monitors </a>who bravely stand in The Cove to bear witness and to shine a bright light of truth on the atrocities committed by the Taiji dolphin hunters & the trainers at Dolphin Base and Dolphin Resort.<br /><br />...and our thanks to YOU for NEVER BEING SILENT ~ NEVER GIVING UP!</span></span>Save Misty The Dolphinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703635200112905103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596905839634970633.post-15471308355720329852012-04-15T10:15:00.004-07:002012-04-15T11:30:46.759-07:00How Kids Can Help Save the Bonneville Sea Lions<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">California Sea Lion<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">CALLING ALL KIDS! Here is how YOU can help save the sea lions at the Bonneville Dam:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">At the Bonneville Dam, California Sea Lions are being killed because they are eating salmon. Fishermen are allowed to catch the salmon, but sea lions aren't. Sea lions who catch too many salmon are killed by state officials. These killings are legal because the states of Oregon and Washington have received permission from the federal government to kill the sea lions. </span></div></td></tr>
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PLEASE print out and color in this picture of a California sea lion (or, even better, make your own picture of a California Sea Lion) and send it to the Governors of Oregon and Washington ALONG WITH A MESSAGE ASKING THEM TO STOP KILLING SEA LIONS AT THE BONNEVILLE DAM.<br />
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Here are the addresses for the Governors:<br />
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The Honorable John Kitzhaber<br />
Governor of Oregon<br />
160 State Capitol<br />
900 Court Street<br />
Salem, Oregon 97301-4047<br />
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The Honorable Chris Gregoire<br />
Governor of Washington<br />
PO Box 40002<br />
Olympia, WA 98504-0002<br />
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<b>Please be sure to take a photo of your picture and share it on our Save Misty the dolphin <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Savemistythedolphin">facebook page</a> before you send it. IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER MAKING A YOUTUBE VIDEO OF YOU DRAWING THE PICTURE AND THEN READING YOUR MESSAGE TO THE GOVERNORS, THAT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER!</b><br />
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Thank you so much! YOU are awesome! Ask all of your friends to do the same! Let's all work together to save our friends the sea lions ♥<br />
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For your information, here are some helpful background links:<br />
<a href="http://www.examiner.com/animal-advocacy-in-washington-dc/social-media-campaign-urges-kids-to-help-save-beleaguered-sea-lions">Social media campaign urges kids to help beleaguered sea lions</a><br />
<a href="http://savemistythedolphin.blogspot.com/2012/04/advocates-guide-to-scapegoated-sea.html">An Advocate's Guide to the Scapegoated Sea Lions at Bonneville Dam</a>Save Misty The Dolphinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703635200112905103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596905839634970633.post-25498787425557981942012-04-12T06:09:00.003-07:002012-04-12T06:20:37.989-07:00An Advocate's Guide to the Scapegoated Sea Lions at Bonneville Dam<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bonneville Sea Lion, photo courtesy of the Sea Lion Defense Brigade</td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>Why all of the ruckus about Sea Lions at the Bonneville Dam?</b><br />
On March 15, 2012, NOAA Fisheries issued a letter authorizing the states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho to use lethal means to remove up to 92 salmon-eating sea lions from the Bonneville Dam.<br />
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Following the release of the letter, the Humane Society of the United States filed a lawsuit and sought a temporary restraining order to prevent the killings. The lawsuit is pending, however a federal judge denied the restraining order. Judge James Boasberg did rule that 30 sea lions (not 92) can be killed per year and that the method of killing shall be by lethal injection.<br />
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<b>Background</b><br />
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reports that since 2008, the Oregon and Washington departments of fish and wildlife have removed at least 40 California sea lions from below Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. Ten were placed in zoos and aquaria across the country, 25 were euthanized and five died after they were captured.<br />
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The states claim they are removing the sea lions in an effort to protect threatened and endangered populations of salmon and steelhead. The California sea lion is a protected species under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. However, the states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho have been granted permission to remove the sea lions by NOAA –Fisheries, the federal agency responsible for managing marine animals. The authority was granted under Section 120 of the act and allows the states to use lethal and non-lethal (hazing) means to remove individual California sea lions that have been documented eating salmon or steelhead in the Columbia River below Bonneville Dam.<br />
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<b>How much fish do the sea lions eat?</b><br />
According to the NOAA, The proportion of the run consumed by sea lions varies depending on run size. It has generally ranged between 2 and 4% since 2004, but was just 1.6% in 2011. The Humane Society of the United States reports that fisheries harvest 17% of these same fish.<br />
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<b>Which sea lions can be killed?</b><br />
Only certain sea lions can be killed. These animals must meet the following criteria:<br />
<ul><li>Must be individually identifiable through natural or applied features (usually a brand)</li>
<li>Have been observed eating salmonids in the Bonneville Dam area between Jan. 1 and May 31 of any year</li>
<li>Have been observed on a total of any five days (consecutive days, days within a single season, or days over multiple years) between Jan. 1 and May 31</li>
<li>Have been subjected to but not responded to non-lethal hazing (rubber buckshot, firecrackers, noisemakers and other deterrents)</li>
</ul><b>Why the urgency?</b><br />
The 30 sea lions can be captured and killed at any time now!<br />
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<b>What happens when they catch sea lions on their hit list?</b><br />
According to the Sea Lion Defense Brigade, the traps are visible from the Washington side, but when they catch animals they cover them with tarps, bring around the death barge, and drag them off around the Island - they are still visible then from the Oregon side by the intrepid.<br />
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<b>Which are some of the key organizations working to help the Bonneville sea lions?</b><br />
<u>Humane Society of the United States</u> - For the past several years, the Humane Society has been championing the cause of the Bonneville Sea Lions in court, in congress and with federal and state agencies. For a complete history of their important work, click on this link:<br />
<a href="http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/fisheries/timelines/bonneville_dam_sea_lions_under_siege.html">Bonneville Dam Sea Lions Under Siege: The Humane Society of the United States</a><br />
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<u>Sea Shepherd Conservation Society</u> - Volunteers with Sea Shepherd have visited the Bonneville Dam multiple times since the release of the March 15 letter of authorization. For more on Sea Shepherd’s position on the Bonneville sea lions & to learn about their "Dam Guardian" campaign, click on this link:<a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/commentary-and-editorials/2012/03/28/impressions-on-the-bonneville-dam-524"> Sea Shepherd: Impressions on the Bonneville Dam</a><br />
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<u>Sea Lion Defense Brigade</u> - a grassroots campaign on the ground at the Dam monitoring, recording and reporting on activities impacting the Bonneville Sea Lions. Please follow them on facebook at: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sea-Lion-Defense-Brigade/129414073741048">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sea-Lion-Defense-Brigade/129414073741048</a><br />
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<u>Save Misty the Dolphins</u> - started the petition to Save the Bonneville Sea Lions, reports on activities impacting them & uses social media to support their cause. Please follow us on facebook at: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Savemistythedolphin">https://www.facebook.com/Savemistythedolphin</a><br />
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<b>How can YOU help the Bonneville Sea Lions?</b><br />
1. Sign and share the petition at change.org: <a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/director-office-of-protected-resources-noaa-don-t-kill-the-bonneville-sea-lions">Director, Office of Protected Resources, NOAA: Don't Kill the Bonneville Sea Lions</a><br />
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2. Contact the Governors of Oregon and Washington state to urge them to stop the senseless killing of the Bonneville Sea Lions:<br />
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Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber:<br />
phone: (503) 378-4582<br />
email: <a href="http://governor.oregon.gov/Gov/contact.shtml">http://governor.oregon.gov/Gov/contact.shtml</a><br />
facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/johnkitzhaber">https://www.facebook.com/johnkitzhaber</a><br />
twitter: @govkitz<br />
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Washington Governor Chris Gregoire:<br />
phone: (360) 902-4111<br />
email: <a href="http://www.governor.wa.gov/contact/">http://www.governor.wa.gov/contact/</a><br />
facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/govgregoire">https://www.facebook.com/govgregoire</a><br />
twitter: @govgregoire<br />
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* we have heard from many folks that the Governors' offices are responding to callers with commentary suggesting this is a federal issue. Please be very clear in your understanding, THE STATES REQUESTED AUTHORIZATION TO USE LETHAL MEANS TO REMOVE THE SEA LIONS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT - NOT VISA-VERSA!<br />
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3. Please join the on-the-ground efforts of the Sea Lion Defense Brigade or Sea Shepherd Conservation Society<br />
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4. Make a tax-deductible donation to: <a href="https://secure.humanesociety.org/site/Donation2?df_id=1514&1514.donation=form1&s_src=owg">The Humane Society of the United States</a> and/or <a href="https://my.seashepherd.org/NetCommunity/SSLPage.aspx?pid=184">Sea Shepherd Conservation Society</a><br />
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5. Tell everyone you know about the scapegoated sea lions of Bonneville Dam.<br />
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6. Never be silent - never give up!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b>Additional background reading:</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/commentary-and-editorials/2012/04/02/scapegoating-bad-math-devastation-for-federally-protected-sea-lions-at-the-bonneville-dam-526">Scapegoating + Bad Math = Devastation for Federally Protected Sea Lions at the Bonneville Dam</a><br />
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<a href="http://digitaljournal.com/article/322517">Op-Ed: Two sea lions killed at Bonneville Dam</a><br />
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<a href="http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/state-officials-perplexed-sea-lion-killings-15704">State officials perplexed by sea lion killings</a><br />
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<b>Please be sure to watch this eye-opening video:</b><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/3lBsxsR3Ha0?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Save Misty The Dolphinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703635200112905103noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596905839634970633.post-7191724236440484182012-03-04T06:53:00.005-08:002012-03-04T07:46:31.511-08:00Good News Comes in Twos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7zcmSN-CHWCN-RXPodLl5s2XOGgvo6e0v_-gDwzjiUJLdccFUrhRmmAIEN0ecMR5NbP-IiXkMjqcW9Oh9QoDPIzLbTaNh9NChIwX-h1v562xQnRlN9ANzEx32x-jJExchlC9AuRXFgto-/s1600/images-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7zcmSN-CHWCN-RXPodLl5s2XOGgvo6e0v_-gDwzjiUJLdccFUrhRmmAIEN0ecMR5NbP-IiXkMjqcW9Oh9QoDPIzLbTaNh9NChIwX-h1v562xQnRlN9ANzEx32x-jJExchlC9AuRXFgto-/s1600/images-1.jpeg" /></a></div><div><br />
We have something very important to say to everyone in the Save Misty the Dolphin Community:</div><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thank You, Merci, Danke, Mahalo, Tak, Toda, Grazie, Kamsa hamnida, Takk, Gracias, Obrigado, Tack, Arigato</span></b><br />
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Thank You for showing up...for taking action over and over and over again, for staying positive, for saying lots of prayers, for visualizing blue waters, for supporting one another, for sharing your POWER and for being part of something called a community. Did you know that as of December 31, 2011, there were more than 37 million facebook pages? We are GRATEFUL that you choose to be part of ours. <br />
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Our facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Savemistythedolphin">Save Misty the Dolphin</a> began in the final days of 2010 because two activists - Adam and Alyson - saw an immediate need to do what they could to help a very sick dolphin being held in a small & filthy pool in Taiji. By day three of the campaign, Sandy M. was onboard. Then over the months came Chasity, then Erin, Alan and Sandy Y. It is our honor and privilege to serve the dolphins of Taiji and an incredible community of more than 6,000 friends and activists who walk the walk and talk the talk everyday for the dolphins.<br />
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It is not lost on us that you tuned in throughout the 2011-2012 Taiji dolphin hunt and periodically had your heart broken over the senseless loss of life and freedom at the hands of a few heartless men in Taiji. And yet you never gave up for Jiyu and the hundreds of other dolphins whose lives were stolen. It is not lost on us that you made thousands of calls, faxes and emails over the course of the last six months. When Sea Shepherd <a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2012/02/24/sea-shepherd-cove-guardian-erwin-vermeulen-meets-the-press-at-tokyos-foreign-correspondents-club-1343">Cove Guardian Erwin Vermeulen</a> was arrested on phony charges you really kicked it in...and when he was found INNOCENT we ALL celebrated a major victory for him and for the dolphins of Taiji. <br />
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Thank you for NOT spreading racism or hatred and for understanding how very important it is for us to reach out to the people of Japan. It is our firm belief that if the people of Japan knew about what was happening in the Cove, the bloodshed would come to an end. Ric O’Barry of Save Japan Dolphins continually reminds us that a <a href="http://savejapandolphins.org/blog/post/save-the-dolphins-boycott-japan">Japanese boycott is NOT the answer</a>. We stand in solid agreement with him on this position. The one year anniversary of the worst natural disaster in the history of that nation will be upon us in days. Thousands died, thousands are missing and millions still struggle to bring their lives back together. The people of Japan need our support -- not a boycott. We urge you to take some time on March 11th to honor the memory of the victims of the disaster.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>In addition to thanking all of YOU, we wish to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_E15HMi7Ew">Cove Guardians</a> and the <a href="http://www.savejapandolphins.org/">Cove Monitors</a> who served this past season in Taiji - including our very own Chasity Reed. These folks go to Taiji on their own dime to stand, bear witness and to bring the news back to all of us. They inspire us every single day. They are the change. THEY ARE TRUE HEROES IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD. We urge you to consider going to Taiji as a Cove Guardian or Cove Monitor. A strong presence on the ground in Taiji is vital to ending the slaughter for good. To understand the real importance of that presence, please watch this video, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiaBzr0TNyA">"The Economics of Sustained Resistance"</a> from Sea Shepherd Cove Guardian Campaign Coordinator Scott West.<br />
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<b>It seems that good news comes in twos:</b><br />
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1. On February 29, after thousands of people worldwide signed our <a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/hong-kong-airlines-stop-profiting-from-the-misery-of-the-taiji-dolphins">Change.org</a> petition telling Hong Kong Airlines to Stop Profiting from the Misery of the Taiji Dolphins, the Airline issued a statement announcing a ban on all future activities of this nature. We would like to thank <a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/commentary-and-editorials/2012/02/28/when-dolphins-fly-517">Gary Stokes</a> and volunteers with Sea Shepherd Hong Kong for hand delivering that petition, a copy of <i><a href="http://www.thecovemovie.com/">The Cove</a></i> and a letter to Hong Kong Airlines. We would like to thank the 6,500 people who signed and shared the petition and most importantly, we would like to thank Hong Kong Airlines for doing the right thing.<br />
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2. On February 29 (March 1 in Japan) the 2011-2012 Taiji dolphin hunt came to an end! The first posts coming from the folks on the ground sounded encouraging...from Tim Burns of Save Japan Dolphins came this <i>“Boats appear to be staying in today. We will be watching to see if they change rigging to fish Bonito or not today, and remove the tarps at the cove. We are being told that no more dolphins will be hunted, only pilot whales if they come across any. The Bonita / Tuna grounds are much further offshore than the migratory path of the pilot whale.”</i> As the hours wore on the updates were more and more definitive. Sea Shepherd Cove Guardian Melissa Sehgal shared this post <i>“Update from Taiji: We watched as the Taiji butcher house was steam cleaned and the kill floor was removed. The tarps that drape the entrance were also put into storage. Five killing boats removed their banger poles and relocated within the harbor. I believe the process of the hunting season ending is upon us, however there is still many concerns here in Taiji. There are still seven remaining boats with banger poles, the tarps the cover the cove are in tact and pilot whale migrating season is beginning. Cove Guardians will remain here monitoring the killing boats activity. We also will continue to document and film the many captive dolphins that are held prisoner at the three holding facilities. Sea Shepherd remains a strong presence here in Taiji.”</i> And so, all around the world there were tears...tears of sadness for the dolphins who died and FINALLY tears of joy for those who can migrate safely past Taiji.<br />
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PLEASE take some time for yourselves. YOU earned it. Find something beautiful to look at every single day. If we have learned anything from Taiji it is that life is so precious and so fleeting. Find a way to laugh and spread joy. It will come back to you tenfold.<br />
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...and please stay in touch. We aren’t going anywhere. There is much work to do over the coming months. We hope you will become a part of our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/save-misty-the-dolphin/never-be-silent-never-give-up-until-the-last-one-is-free-the-cove-is-blue-foreve/334124409972294">“One Call a Day”</a> Campaign. Between now and September 1, 2012 we are simply asking that you make one call a day to your Japanese Embassy: Wake-up, exercise, shower, get dressed, eat breakfast, brush your teeth and call your Japanese Embassy to ask that they STOP ISSUING PERMITS FOR THE DOLPHIN DRIVE HUNT IN TAIJI. Will you make the commitment? If you are in the US, the number is 202-238-6700. All other nations, please click <a href="http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/mofaserv.html">here</a> to find your Japanese Embassy. Plug the number into your cellphone. One call a day...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Please be sure to check-in with us on facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Savemistythedolphin">Save Misty the Dolphin</a>. We will continue to post all updates and action items right there on the page...plus we like seeing YOU!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b><i>Never be silent and never give up until the last one is free and the Cove is blue forever.</i></b>Save Misty The Dolphinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703635200112905103noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596905839634970633.post-31335006515089322712012-01-01T16:02:00.000-08:002012-01-01T17:49:19.367-08:00May 2012 be the Year of Peace in The Cove<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYnefw_EYiB5n_9PldcXq6CUSiqCTTHel__cf4UL8UZETtuwMybpFpMKVvUM0o0lohtKas74CoiFgEva1orEMSwDAXNmS05yE6iFjY9TfDWd7fwh9kdokiHVGNqtLYeneaoQkKwtOqJl_/s1600/11949849531303004628kanji_peace_peterm_01.svg.med.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYnefw_EYiB5n_9PldcXq6CUSiqCTTHel__cf4UL8UZETtuwMybpFpMKVvUM0o0lohtKas74CoiFgEva1orEMSwDAXNmS05yE6iFjY9TfDWd7fwh9kdokiHVGNqtLYeneaoQkKwtOqJl_/s1600/11949849531303004628kanji_peace_peterm_01.svg.med.png" /></a></div><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Yesterday, Cove Guardian Andy filmed what we thought to be an empty pool with water so still that it was collecting algae. When the footage was reviewed back at the hotel, we were all shocked to learn that there actually was a dolphin in that tank. More footage was taken and it is now clear that this dolphin is floating all alone in a dirty tank. There is no pump in the pool making the water near stagnant, with green algae ringing the waterline. </span></i></span><span style="font-family: inherit; letter-spacing: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/cove-guardians/report-from-taiji-december-30.html">--Sea Shepherd Report from Taiji, December 30, 2010</a></i></span></blockquote><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">These are the words that literally galvanized a movement just one year ago. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) Cove Guardian team on the ground captured footage of a sick dolphin that the world would soon come to know as “Misty”. Sick and isolated in a small above ground pool, Misty clung to a yellow buoy and floated listlessly.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Within hours the facebook community “Save Misty the Dolphin” was born and thousands of concerned citizens across the world began a non-stop campaign of calling, faxing and e-mailing Taiji’s Dolphin Base seeking better conditions and medical treatment for the sick dolphin.</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><i><b>...and within days...Misty was moved to a cleaner, larger tank where he was able to recover from a lung infection.</b></i></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></b></i></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">In the following weeks, our community evolved. We continued to work in collaboration with volunteers on the ground to bring you breaking news from Taiji and to encourage you to take action. Like you, we watched in horror as the disaster of March 11, 2011 hit Japan. We held our breath waiting for word about survivors. Our prayers were answered when we learned that the volunteers from SSCS and Save Japan Dolphins (SJD) survived the earthquake and tsunami. At the same time, we were devastated for a nation that lost thousands of innocents - all in a matter of minutes. </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Throughout the Spring and Summer of 2011 we continued to build our social media campaign; adding a blog, a Twitter account and a monthly Positive Experience Radio Show. In anticipation of the start of the 2011-2012 dolphin drive hunt in Taiji, we rolled out the <a href="http://www.countdowntocove.com/">Countdown to the Cove</a> website and worked collaboratively with Save Japan Dolphins and a team of dedicated volunteers worldwide to coordinate <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnAAH_Thx0s">Peaceful Protests</a> in 31 cities & 12 nations on September 1, 2011. </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Over time, we have evolved a “positive” approach. We feel strongly that solving the crisis of <i><a href="http://www.thecovemovie.com/">The Cove</a> </i>will ultimately involve a partnership with the people of Japan, many of whom have no idea about the atrocities of Taiji. Like Ric O’Barry, <a href="http://savejapandolphins.org/blog/post/save-the-dolphins-boycott-japan">we do not support a Japanese Boycott</a>. We will continue to extend a warm arm of friendship to those who share this point of view.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">At the start of the New Year, our thoughts remain with incarcerated SSCS Cove Guardian Erwin Vermeulen and his family. We will persist in calling upon the leaders of the nation of Japan to right this injustice until he is released.</span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">We wish to express our heartfelt gratitude to <a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/">Sea Shepherd Conservation Society</a> and <a href="http://www.savejapandolphins.org/">Save Japan Dolphins</a>, and every single one of their volunteers on the ground for their commitment to the Taiji dolphins and for allowing us to help spread their messages. We encourage you to support these organizations with tax-deductible contributions AND by joining their volunteers on the ground in Taiji. More importantly, we remain steadfastly grateful to each and every single one of YOU for everything you do as a part of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Savemistythedolphin">Save Misty the Dolphin Community</a>. It is now, and will continue to be, our belief that we are only as good as the people we work with. We think YOU are the best group of advocates in the world!</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Best wishes for a fantastic New Year. May 2012 bring PEACE to The Cove & vulnerable marine mammals worldwide.</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">--Adam, Alyson, Chasity, Erin & Sandy</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 15.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div>Save Misty The Dolphinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703635200112905103noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596905839634970633.post-49278158224777567072011-09-26T18:32:00.000-07:002011-09-30T21:07:46.070-07:00URGENT CALL TO ACTION - HELP SAVE JIYU (FREEDOM) THE SICK DOLPHIN AT TAIJI DOLPHIN BASE<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sick Dolphin Spyhopping Nonstop at Dolphin Base<br />
via Rosie Kunneke of Sea Shepherd</td></tr>
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The sick dolphin remains in the seapens at Dolphin Base. He (or she) has been nicknamed "Jiyu" which means FREEDOM in Japanese by Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Cove Guardian Rosie Kunneke. PLEASE HELP SAVE JIYU!<br />
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Almost nine months to the day that Cove Guardians from Sea Shepherd Conservation Society discovered Misty the Dolphin in his filth-ridden backyard pool, another sick dolphin has been identified at Dolphin Base in Taiji, Japan.<br />
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According to Cove Guardian Rosie Kunneke with Sea Shepherd Conservation Society:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The afternoon after typhoon Roke has passed, I checked in on all the dolphins in their holding pens at the Dolphin Resort, and thankfully, all had survived the typhoon. At the holding pens, I witnessed the trainers tubefeed a dolphin who was perhaps too ill or dispirited to perform degrading tricks for his meals. I went back daily to check on this specific dolphin and over the next two days, I started to notice repetive neurotic behavior displayed by this sick and obviously unhappy dolphin that struck me as unusual. This dolphin was spyhopping non-stop throughout the entire day, probably induced by feelings of intense claustrophobia in the small pen. This repetitive behavior caused open sores on his tail from repeatedly slamming against the bottom net. The trainers treated his tail with injections and antiseptic spray.</i></span><br />
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</i></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>After making numerous requests to the <a href="http://www.dolphinresort.jp/" style="color: #0000aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Dolphin Resort</a> staff to help the sickly dolphin, the trainers are denying the dolphin is suffering to the police. We are calling on passionate people to <a href="mailto:info@dolphinbase.co.jp" style="color: #0000aa; text-decoration: none;">contact Dolphin Resort</a> to request bigger and better living conditions, qualified veterinary treatment, and even release with rehabilitation assistance for this dolphin before its too late. Dolphin Resort needs to see that people are concerned for the well being of each and every captive dolphin in their pens.</i></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Email: </b><a href="mailto:info@dolphinbase.co.jp" style="color: #0000aa; text-decoration: none;"><b>info@dolphinbase.co.jp</b></a><b> or </b><a href="mailto:info@dolphinresort.jp" style="color: #0000aa; text-decoration: none;"><b>info@dolphinresort.jp</b></a><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br />
</span></b><a href="http://www.howtocallabroad.com/japan/" style="color: #0000aa; text-decoration: none;"><b>How to Call Taiji, Japan from the United States:</b></a><b><br />
Phone: 81-73-559-3514<br />
Fax: 81-73-559-281</b></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>For the full report from Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, click <a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/dolphins/operation-infinite-patience-week-2.html">here</a>.</b></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></div><div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>THE TEAM AT SAVE MISTY THE DOLPHIN JOINS SEA SHEPHERD IN ISSUING AN URGENT CALL TO ACTION ON BEHALF OF THIS SICK DOLPHIN. WE DID IT FOR MISTY ~ WE CAN DO IT AGAIN. PLEASE HIT THE PHONES, FAXES, E-MAILS & DO WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD. </b></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Via Steven Thompson "Email Dolphin Base: Please care for the sick dolphins."</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Here is that phrase in Japanese: 病気のイルカの世話をしてください。あなたに感謝。</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>We are an international army of compassionate people working together with one goal---to end the inhumane hunting, confinement and slaughter of marine mammals. This is our goal- This is our commitment- This is our passion. Won’t you please join us? </b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” -- Margaret Mead</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>For realtime updates on ways you can help this and other vulnerable dolphins - follow us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Savemistythedolphin">facebook</a>.</b></span><br />
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<div style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Thank you!</b></div>Save Misty The Dolphinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703635200112905103noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596905839634970633.post-46517404945801591292011-09-21T17:35:00.000-07:002011-09-21T17:35:26.893-07:00The Other Side of the Dolphin Tale<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">As Winter's Tale hits the Silver Screen, Misty remains alone in Taiji</span></td></tr>
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<div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 13px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">In December 2005, fisherman Jim Savage rescued a young dolphin entangled in a crab pot off the Canaveral National Shoreline in Florida. </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The two-month old dolphin</span><span style="font: 11.0px Arial; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> was</span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> critically injured while trying to free herself</span><span style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px;">.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> Savage freed the dolphin from the trap’s synthetic lines, but her injuries were far too serious to set her free. The animal was transported to Clearwater Marine Aquarium</span><span style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">(CMA)</span><span style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px;">;</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring the oceans</span><span style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px;"> via</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> rescue, rehabilitation and release of marine life. Despite every effort on the part of CMA staff, the dolphin, soon to be known as “Winter” lost her injured tail and several vertebrae. </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">With constant care from CMA staff, Winter adapted and was able to swim without her flukes; h</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">owever, C</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;">MA recognized that </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;">the dolphin needed a tail</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;">for long term survival. Kevin Carroll</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px;">,</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;"> a worl</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;">d famous p</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;">rosthetist</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px;">,</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;"> heard Winter's story </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;">and offered to create a prosthetic tail. Carroll and fellow p</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;">rosthetist</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;">Dan Strzempka worked for over a year to build the appendage. Not every human adapts successfully to a prosthetic</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px;">.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px;">S</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;">o what about a dolphin? Winter quickly adapted to her new silicone prosthetic tail</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px;">,</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;"> making her the first dolphin in history to wear a prosthetic! However, because of the device</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px;">,</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;"> she can never be released back into the ocean.</span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">On September 23</span><span style="font: 11.0px Arial; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> the story of Winter will make its way to the Silver Screen courtesy of Warner Bros studios. <i>Dolphin Tale</i> features a star-studded cast including Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Harry Connick Jr., Kris Kristofferson and Nathan Gamble. The role of Winter is played by none other than the rescued dolphin. </span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;">While CMA has gone to heroic lengths to rehabilitate Winter, the fact remains that this dolphin</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px;">,</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;"> like thousands of others worldwide, is held in a tiny pool, has to work for a living, exists on a diet of dead fish and has no hope of ever seeing the ocean again. Winter spent long hours under hot lights filming “Dolphin Tale”. In general, the lives of captive dolphins are much shorter than their counterparts in the wild. As well-intended as CMA might be, a pool can never replace the ocean. Dolphins in captivity face ongoing stress caused by crowds of people and from being on constant display. One might hope that with all her earnings, CMA would provide Winter a real sanctuary somewhere on the coastline where she could feel the natural </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">ocean rhythm </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;">again and escape from thousands of </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;">watchful eyes</span><span style="font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> - rather than exploiting her as a tourist attraction.</span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In 2009, a documentary about dolphins won an Academy Award. Directed by Louie Psihoyos and starring Ric O’Barry, <i><a href="http://www.thecovemovie.com/">The Cove</a></i> tells the tragic story of thousands of dolphins who are hunted by the fishing fleet of Taiji, Japan, and either slaughtered for meat or sold into captivity. Pods of dolphins are literally chased into a tiny cove where they await selection by trainers who then determine who shall live and who shall die. Those selected for captivity are moved into pens where their indoctrination into captivity begins. Over in the cove, the water turns from azure blue to blood red as the rest are slowly bludgeoned to death.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 13.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><br />
<div style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 13.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">While Winter the Dolphin gets the celebrity treatment in honor of the movie release, across the world another captive dolphin by the name of “Misty” is believed to be held in isolation in a squalid pool at the Taiji, Japan Dolphin Base Resort. Misty was originally discovered in December 2010 by activists who were on the ground in Taiji to protest the slaughter and captivity of dolphins in the Cove. The animal was floating listlessly in a filthy backyard pool, just hours from death. Isolated due to a lung infection, Misty clung to a yellow buoy, the bottom of his shallow pool littered with rotting fish. Within hours the social media group “Save Misty the Dolphin” was formed on Facebook, and over the course of just a few days, thousands of calls were logged to Dolphin Base demanding better care for the sickly animal. In the early days of January, Misty was moved to a bigger, cleaner pool at Dolphin Base, but for months now advocates and concerned citizens have been prevented from accessing the lone dolphin in order to verify his health status and conditions of confinement.</span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 13.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">The science on dolphin intelligence is definitive as researchers increasingly call for them to be considered as “non-human persons”. “In particular, the highly elaborated cingulate and insular cortex in cetacean brains are consistent with the idea that these animals are highly sophisticated and sensitive in the emotional and social emotional sophistication not achieved by other animals including humans” (Phil Brakes, and Mark Peter Simons, Whales and Dolphins Cognition, Culture, Conservation and Human Perception, Washington D.C,, Earthspan, 2011). Will Winter’s story enable people to accept dolphin intelligence and dolphin rights in non</span><span style="font: 11.0px Arial; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">human persons</span><span style="font: 11.0px Arial; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">'</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> status or will <i>Dolphin Tale </i>have the opposite effect</span><span style="font: 11.0px Arial; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">;</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> driving more customers through the doors of SeaWorld and other captive facilities where healthy dolphins, that could be living at home in the oceans with their families are instead imprisoned in small cement tanks far from family and the sounds of the ocean? </span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 13.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">As we see in the 2011 documentary <i><a href="http://afallfromfreedom.org/">A Fall from Freedom</a></i>, captivity is deadly for marine mammals. Dolphins live in captivity just a fraction of a typical life span. There is a clear link between drive fisheries, SeaWorld and other marine aquariums. When Iki island in Japan ended their drive fishery because of worldwide outcry</span><span style="font: 11.0px Arial; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> SeaWorld convinced them to continue. Just as trainers arrive these days in Taiji, Japan to select dolphins for captivity, notorious dolphin trafficker Jay Sweeney would arrive in Iki to pick the most attractive. The remaining pod</span><span style="font: 11.0px Arial; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> sometimes numbering in the hundreds</span><span style="font: 11.0px Arial; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> would be killed. Today no dolphin</span><span style="font: 11.0px Arial; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">s</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> swim off the shores off Iki island. The pods native to the area are gone forever. In<i> A fall from freedom</i> we see Jay Sweeney</span><span style="font: 11.0px Arial; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> a founder of the International Marine Mammals Trainers Association</span><span style="font: 11.0px Arial; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> selecting dolphins and orcas during violent captures. The captive animals are shipped to aquariums all over the world. Very few captured marine mammals live more than a few years. Lolita</span><span style="font: 11.0px Arial; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> at the Miami Seaquarium</span><span style="font: 11.0px Arial; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> is one exception. For over forty years she has been confined to a tiny pool, where she performs seven days a week. Concerned citizens have requested again and again that Lolita be released. Advocates have located Lolita’s family and offered to return her to the ocean covering all costs, but the aquarium has refused. Lolita</span><span style="font: 11.0px Arial; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> like Winter</span><span style="font: 11.0px Arial; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> is a box office success that continues to bring dollars into the aquarium.</span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 13.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>Dolphin Tale</i>, <i>A Fall From Freedom</i>, and <i>The Cove</i> have one commonality and that is they all compel us as humans to consider the concept of dolphins as individuals, as non</span><span style="font: 11.0px Arial; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">-</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">human persons. Winter overcame extraordinary obstacles many amputees never do to successfully manipulate an artificial limb. Each day more stories are told in the news of dolphins rescuing humans, and attempting to communicate with humans. If we could talk to Winter, what would she say? It is likely she would first thank her family at CMA. There is no doubt they love her like family. Might she go on to ask us to remember other dolphins of the world, those being impacted by pollution, those dying in fish nets and lines, and those being driven into the bloody Cove of Taiji, Japan, where prison or death waits? Hopefully the release of a <i>Dolphin Tale</i> will make the world sensitive to the tragic plight of marine mammals in captivity. Dolphins have so much to teach us. These are the people of the sea, and what we see in their eyes may</span><span style="font: 11.0px Arial; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">be a reflection of our own.</span></span></div><div style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 13.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div>Save Misty The Dolphinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703635200112905103noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596905839634970633.post-23982682887913723002011-08-15T08:05:00.000-07:002011-08-15T09:58:30.032-07:00Who Do You Think You Are?<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AP Photo of Taiji dolphin hunters and their prey</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As the days leading to September 1 dwindle down to a mere handful, the thoughts of caring people the world over turn to a small coastal village in the southern portion of Japan. Taiji, made famous by the Academy-award winning documentary, <a href="http://www.thecovemovie.com/">The Cove</a>, is ground zero for the annual slaughter of hundreds to thousands of dolphins. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://2.gvt0.com/vi/HNW9_ut5ygo/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HNW9_ut5ygo&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HNW9_ut5ygo&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The footage in the youtube video, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNW9_ut5ygo">Who Do You Think You Are?</a> is straight from Taiji.</span></span><br />
<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The numbers of the Taiji dolphin hunters are small -- less than 30. Yet, armed with high-tech equipment, they are able to round-up and drive large pods of dolphins from their peaceful migration route in the Pacific Ocean into the shallow waters of the killing cove. Most of the dolphins who are trapped in the cove will face a bloody death. A small percentage will escape the spear only to face a lonely life as a performer in a dolphin show. Dolphin trainers literally come into the Cove and hand pick dolphins to be trained. From September 2010 to March 2011, 850 dolphins were killed in the Cove. Another 171 were sold into slavery.</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">During the 2010-2011 hunt, activists were in Taiji throughout the season. Their powerful videos and photos graphically depicted the shocking brutality of the Cove. This year, the dolphin hunters will be supported by enhanced police and coast guard protection.</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Now, more than ever, the dolphins of Taiji need YOUR support. Please become a part of the international movement to stop the slaughter once and for all. YOU can make a difference. Here is how:</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"></div><ol><li><span style="font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0px;">Watch <a href="http://www.thecovemovie.com/">The Cove</a> movie & share it with a friend. Become a part of the world’s largest home screening of <i>The Cove</i> on September 1 by signing-up at: </span></li>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=200214656707160">Worldwide Screening of the Cove Movie on September 1, 2011</a></span> </span>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Join in a peaceful protest or rally at Japanese Embassies & Consulates around the world on September 1 as part of the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=196605907054900"> International Day of Awareness for the Dolphins of Taiji </a></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Sign and share our <a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-the-dolphin-slaughter-in-taiji-japan">Petition</a></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Call your Japanese Embassy and tell them to STOP the Taiji dolphin slaughter today:</span></li>
</ol><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In the United States call: 202-238-6700</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In the United Kingdom call: 020-7465-6500</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In Canada call: 613-241-8541</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In Australia call: 61-2-6273-3244 </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In France call: 01-48-88-62-00</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In Germany call: 030-21094-0</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In Italy call: 39-06-487-991</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In Norway call: 47-22-99-16-00</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In New Zealand call: 04-473-1540</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Contact information for all other countries can be found here: </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/mofaserv.html">List of Japanese Embassies Worldwide</a></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Save Misty the Dolphin</i> is a social media campaign committed to ending the slaughter and captivity of vulnerable marine mammals in Taiji and worldwide. Please visit our webpage: <a href="http://www.countdowntocove.com/">www.countdowntocove.com</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> and follow us on facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Savemistythedolphin">Save Misty the Dolphin</a>. We will bring you all of the latest news and breaking developments in the fight to save the dolphins of Taiji.</span></span></div><div style="color: #101010; font: 13.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 14.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 14.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">It has been said that one person, giving all of their time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history. Let’s make history together. The water of the Taiji cove needs to stay blue - now and forever. YOU can help make that happen.</span></i></span></div><div style="color: #101010; font: 13.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="color: #101010; font: 13.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="color: #101010; font: 13.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large; letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="color: #101010; font: 13.0px Verdana; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div>Save Misty The Dolphinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703635200112905103noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596905839634970633.post-24202889598878612542011-08-10T10:59:00.000-07:002011-08-10T12:45:47.487-07:00Mariachi is Lonely Dance for Mystic BelugaWhen wedding guest Bill Kurtz posted his youtube video,<i> Mariachi Connecticut Serenades a Beluga Whale</i>, he probably had no idea that the 1:45 minute piece of footage would become an international sensation. To date there are nearly 1.4 million views and the internet search engine <a href="http://www.google.com/">Google</a> reports as many as 300 news articles on the subject. Despite this widespread coverage, what seems to be lost in all of the “feel good” posts is the sad truth of the confined existence of “Juno” the dancing beluga and counterparts being held in captivity around the world.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://3.gvt0.com/vi/ZS_6-IwMPjM/0.jpg" height="266" width="320"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZS_6-IwMPjM&fs=1&source=uds" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZS_6-IwMPjM&fs=1&source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div>The online inventory of marine mammals, <a href="http://www.ceta-base.com/">www.ceta-base.com</a>, reports 73 beluga whales in captivity in the United States and Canada. Of these, 28 are captive born. Historical records of captive belugas date back over 150 years to 1861 and the time of P.T. Barnum’s American Museum in New York. The showman is reported to have displayed at least 11 different beluga whales between 1861 and 1868, most lived only days in his “care” and at least three perishing in two separate building fires. <a href="http://www.ceta-base.com/library/cetabasedocs/captivebelugas_august2010.pdf">http://www.ceta-base.com/library/cetabasedocs/captivebelugas_august2010.pdf</a><br />
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Among the many notable characteristics of the beluga whale are its white coloring (beluga means “white” in Russian), the absence of a dorsal fin, the ability to swim backwards, and an oversized melon which facilitates echolation. Unlike most whales, belugas can move their necks from side to side so as to give the appearance of dancing. A characteristic singing has also dubbed the beluga as the “sea canary”.<br />
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In the wild, belugas are found in pods in arctic and sub-arctic waters. They swim thousands of miles over the course of just months. Juno, who is in Mystic on a breeding loan from SeaWorld Orlando, and his pals “Naku” and “Kela” are confined to a one-acre outdoor habitat called the “Arctic Coast”. Although larger than the some dolphinaria, the confined space of the 750,000 gallon pools is a far cry from the ocean that Naka and Kela once called home. Unlike his two female companions, Juno was born in captivity and will never know the sheer joy of playfully propelling through icy waters with his podmates. <br />
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Instead of migrating through arctic waters, the Mystic Aquarium belugas are subjected to daily “encounter” programs. Visitors pay $130 for a 90-minute interactive program in the whales’ habitat. According to the aquarium’s website, <i>“Participants touch the whale’s back and belly and see how they breathe, spout and "sing." Aquarium trainers will explain how we care for the whales and demonstrate the way in which contact sessions are beneficial to the whale’s health and well-being.”</i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Will Ferrell with Nanuq at SeaWorld</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Of course Juno wasn’t dancing in the viral wedding video. He was trained to bob his head in response to certain movements, like the arm movements of the guitar player in the mariachi band. In return, the animal is rewarded with a prize of dead fish. Officals from Mystic aquarium report that Juno’s diet consists entirely of dead squid, herring and capelin. The odds are great that the highly social animal was simply bored and looking for some social interaction. Migrating belugas have been found in pods with as many as 10,000 whales.<br />
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In recent months, celebrity Betty White has been filmed interacting with captive-born Beethoven, the Beluga whale at the Georgia Aquarium and comedian Will Ferrell was seen kissing wild-caught Nanuq at SeaWorld San Diego. <br />
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From a conservation perspective, the beluga whale is considered “near threatened”. Those who live in the Cook Island Inlet of Alaska are reported as critically endangered. It is believed that the global population of beluga whales is about 100,000. <br />
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It is the opinion of Save Misty the Dolphin that beluga whales, as well as all other marine mammals, belong in the open sea. Captivity is cruel. It deprives marine mammals like dolphins, orcas and beluga whales of literally every innate activity known to their species: hunting, migrating and interacting socially as pods in the ocean. Captive animals suffer from a range of health and mental health issues and live significantly shorter lives compared to their peers in the ocean. It is time for people of the world to recognize the inherent cruelty of captivity and to simply stop supporting SeaWorld and other captive facilities. Wild caught marine mammals, who are taken from their pods, experience extreme suffering during the capture process. In Taiji, Japan, up to 20,000 dolphins are hunted annually between September and March. A portion of these animals are taken for training and sold into the international captive market. The rest are slaughtered for food. For more on the plight of the dolphins of Taiji, visit <a href="http://www.countdowntocove.com/">www.countdowntocove.com</a>.<br />
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Save Misty the Dolphin is a social media campaign committed to ending the slaughter and captivity of vulnerable marine mammals worldwide. Follow us on facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Savemistythedolphin.">https://www.facebook.com/Savemistythedolphin.</a><br />
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<i><b>No aquarium, no tank in a marine land, however spacious it may be, can begin to duplicate the conditions of the sea. And no dolphin who inhabits one of those aquariums or one of those marine lands can be considered normal. --Jacques Yves Cousteau</b></i><br />
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Save Misty The Dolphinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703635200112905103noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596905839634970633.post-85031525111799992092011-07-30T06:56:00.000-07:002011-07-30T10:17:42.286-07:00Action Alert - Tell your Japanese Embassy to End Research Whaling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpppM7VGau85CgYPoI1gqDZtvp-ViaLgXNhy-70AhQPoIA0cKhcfqQNx3ErdbapTInySyHCMRHXZCThi84sVfe2VsQqisfz3-SiVMr6dSGTOvIiy7GOPk8mjdW-LClcaEg0XG6epzd29u/s1600/images-7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpppM7VGau85CgYPoI1gqDZtvp-ViaLgXNhy-70AhQPoIA0cKhcfqQNx3ErdbapTInySyHCMRHXZCThi84sVfe2VsQqisfz3-SiVMr6dSGTOvIiy7GOPk8mjdW-LClcaEg0XG6epzd29u/s400/images-7.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On July 28, 2011, Japan’s leading English-language newspaper, <em style="line-height: 16px;">The Yomiuri Shimbun</em> reported that the nation’s Fisheries Agency is weighing the possibility of ending research whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Japanese government has historically held fast to a research whaling agenda. However, for the first time ever, a new report issued by the Fisheries Agency's review committee on research whaling in the Antarctic Ocean includes opinions on both sides of the issue.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The report follows an abbreviated 2010-2011 research whaling season courtesy of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. On February 16, Captain Paul Watson and crew celebrated a victory in the Southern Ocean after successfully preventing the Japanese whaling fleet from attaining its quota. Sea Shepherd estimates that approximately 900 whales were saved as a result of the non-profit’s direct action campaign, <i>Operation No Compromise</i>.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In April, the Japan Fisheries Agency committee heard and compiled expert opinions regarding the future of research whaling. A majority opinion called for a continuation of research whaling based on international treaty. Proponents stated that whaling should continue “without yielding to heinous interference." On the other side of the debate, a minority opinion suggested ending research whaling once and for all, “If we cannot gain understanding on the research whaling in the international community, we should scale it down or halt it.”</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Given this development, Save Misty the Dolphin encourages members of our community to contact your Japanese Embassy and applaud a Fisheries Agency report that considers a halt to research whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Santuary. </span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">NOW IS THE TIME TO REQUEST THE AMBASSADOR TO URGE THE FISHERIES AGENCY OF JAPAN TO FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MINORITY REPORT. THE TIME TO END JAPANESE RESEARCH WHALING IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN IS NOW! Thank you. Please help us spread the word.</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To locate your Japanese Embassy, click on this link: <a href="http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/mofaserv.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/mofaserv.html</a></span></div>Save Misty The Dolphinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703635200112905103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596905839634970633.post-90644681452989332702011-07-05T11:46:00.000-07:002011-07-05T11:46:16.679-07:00Countdown to The Cove<span data-jsid="text">THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN! Activists of the world, are you ready? In less than 60 days the butchers of Taiji will be back in the water killing dolphins. NOW is the time to organize! PLEASE go to <a href="http://www.countdowntocove.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" wrc-processed="done"><span style="color: #3b5998;">www.countdowntocove.com</span></a> and TAKE ACTION! </span>Save Misty The Dolphinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703635200112905103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596905839634970633.post-30375792226329973082011-06-23T07:23:00.000-07:002011-06-23T10:36:30.030-07:00An Open Letter to the International Whaling Commission<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Le5IuSnDiR-3LR551GAD5o8pjVgkBkwHJNsQPjcreyB6Q8dJLTKQ5J10tgS2AQMvmJI6O7xZumPTkGCmJZZTuzcyDbyGOel9yuuIciPsrkArIG5gz3nE1dEdwZlM3yK1vC9IK0LYmDoW/s1600/images-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Le5IuSnDiR-3LR551GAD5o8pjVgkBkwHJNsQPjcreyB6Q8dJLTKQ5J10tgS2AQMvmJI6O7xZumPTkGCmJZZTuzcyDbyGOel9yuuIciPsrkArIG5gz3nE1dEdwZlM3yK1vC9IK0LYmDoW/s1600/images-1.jpeg" /></a></div><br />
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Dr. Simon Brockington<br />
Secretary<br />
The International Whaling Commission<br />
The Red House,<br />
135 Station Road,<br />
Impington,<br />
Cambridge,<br />
Cambridgeshire CB24 9NP, UK.<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 233 971<br />
Fax: +44 (0) 1223 232 876<br />
email: secretariat@iwcoffice.org<br />
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Dear Dr. Brockingon,<br />
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As the dates of the 63rd meeting of the International Whaling Commission approach, July 4-14, 2011, in the Channel Islands, we are writing to urge the IWC to take strong and decisive action to fully protect whales AND dolphins.<br />
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The slaughter of whales and dolphins for commercial, scientific or cultural purposes is inhumane and highly inconsistent with worldwide efforts to protect our planet’s oceans. Numerous reports have proven that whale meat is highly toxic with mercury. Furthermore, the March 11 tsunami and nuclear disaster in Japan resulted in radioactive water being dumped into the sea. According to a June 15 article published by the Associated Press, two Minke whales caught off of the coast of Japan were found to have traces of radioactive cesium. In the interest of public health, it is time to end the international consumption of whale and dolphin meat.<br />
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Following the 1986 moratorium on commercial whaling, the IWC has issued Japan, Norway and Iceland permits for scientific whaling. We strongly question the merits of this practice. Credible researchers around the world have managed to find ways to study whales without the use of lethal methodologies. Additionally, the fact that the whale meat from the alleged “research” is sold commercially further underscores the need to end research whaling. According to Darren Kindleysides of the International Fund for Animal Welfare, “Japan’s 20 years of “scientific whaling” has delivered thousands of dead whales and next to no useful knowledge of the whales they “study”. The meat is packaged and sold in the fish markets in Japan. This has more to do with sushi than science.”<br />
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Looking ahead to your upcoming meeting, we also note the questionable history of the government of Japan with regards to buying votes from international delegates to support the Japanese whaling agenda. The June 13, 2010 Sunday Times investigative article, “Flights, girls and cash buy Japan Whaling votes” <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7149086.ece">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7149086.ece</a> uncovered a wealth of improprieties conducted by representatives of the Japanese delegation. We request that investigations be undertaken and that appropriate and harsh sanctions be levied against the guilty parties. Such behavior simply should NOT be allowed within the confines of an international regulatory body.<br />
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Having observed the annual Taiji dolphin drive hunt from September 1, 2010 to the close of the season in March 2011, we furthermore call on the IWC to afford much needed protections to dolphins. The drive fishery method employed by the Taiji Fisheries Union is among the most cruel practices known to mankind. Like whales, dolphins are intelligent beings. They live in pods and nurse their young. We have witnessed pods of dolphins herded into the cove and then slowly and painfully slaughtered over the course of many hours. Calves swim in the blood of their mothers and fathers. This nightmare simply must end. <br />
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We call on the members of the 63rd International Whaling Commission to fully PROTECT all whales and dolphins. The time to END whaling and dolphin hunting on planet Earth is NOW.Save Misty The Dolphinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703635200112905103noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596905839634970633.post-48743010399506732832011-06-13T08:20:00.000-07:002011-06-13T12:21:21.700-07:00“Non-Releasable”: The Deadly Saga of Stranded Cetaceans in the United States<div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">On May 5, 2011, a large pod of pilot whales stranded themselves in the Florida Keys. Several died on the scene. On May 7, two healthy males were released. The five remaining animals were transported via grocery semi-trailer to the Marine Mammal Conservancy (MMC) in Key Largo. At the time of this writing, only three of these whales are still alive in the MMC’s rehabilitation pens. The youngest, known as “301” is about 1-1/2 years old. According to Robert Lingenfelser, MMC director of stranding operations, “If the youngest recovers, she is almost certainly headed for SeaWorld or the Miami Seaquarium because she probably lacks the skills to survive in the ocean.”</span></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">The Save Misty the Dolphin (SMTD) team wanted to learn more about what happens to stranded cetaceans in the United States. The <a href="http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/rescue-&-rehab/rehabilitated-animals.htm"><span style="color: #000099;">SeaWorld Animal Rescue and Rehab </span></a>website claims that between 600 and 700 bottle-nose dolphins strand in the US every year. Of these, less then 10% survive. Those who live are either released back into the wild or are placed into a marine mammal facility. If an animal is alone or young, it is always held in captivity, for fear of not being able to survive in the wild. Over the years, many marine mammals have been deemed</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial Bold', serif; font-size: 13pt;"> “non-releasable” </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">for these reasons. We wanted to take a close look into the lives of a few of these animals and see exactly how they fared in the hands of humans. While there are almost countless stranding stories, in the interest of space, we are focusing on four dolphins who stranded as babies and who were taken into captivity. Their names are Stormy, Lazarus, Nemo and Cayenne. Here are their stories:</span></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">On September 15 1998, a baby dolphin was found on the beach in Texas. The Texas Marine Mammal Stranding Network (TMMSN) was called in and found the young dolphin bleeding from wounds received by a shark attack. It was assumed that the 18 month old calf, who was named Stormy, had been separated from his mother during Tropical Storm Frances. Stormy received around-the-clock care in Texas for several months. On March 23, 1999, after being deemed non-releasable due to age, Stormy was transferred to Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut. He was placed into a quarantine pool for two months before being moved to the dolphin exhibit on May 12th. Stormy has a huge hit for Mystic. They installed a “StormyCAM” for the public to watch him and there was even a book written about him, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stormy-Baby-Dolphin-Coast-Rescue/dp/1571683860"><span style="color: #000099;">Stormy The Baby Dolphin, A Gulf Coast Rescue</span></a>. Stormy was a star! Yet, in January 2001, less than two years after being transferred to Mystic, Stormy became ill. He stopped eating and by January 16, 2002, he was dead. The official cause of death was Staphylococcal Toxemia. Two months later, one of Stormy's pool mates, Misty a 24 year old dolphin, also died from the same infection.</span></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">On July 19, 2002, an orphaned bottlenose dolphin calf stranded near Ponce Inlet on Florida's east coast. The young calf had been attacked by a shark. The Harbor Branch Marine Mammal Rescue team responded, transporting the young dolphin, who they called Lazarus, over 140 miles south to their stranding facility in Fort Pierce. Lazarus was bottle-fed around the clock for 8 months and nursed back to health. At that time, he was deemed non-releasable due to age. On August 18, 2003, Lazarus was sent to SeaWorld of Florida, then on to Discovery Cove. He was renamed "May Day", where he performed and took part in the “Swim With Me” program. On April 12, 2005, Lazarus drowned at Discovery Cove after becoming stuck in a drain box. The official cause of death recorded on the Marine Mammal Inventory Report (MMIR) is pulmonary inhalation of water.</span></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">On May 15, 2003, two dolphins, a mother and calf, washed ashore on Ossabaw Island, Georgia. The mother dolphin did not survive. Her male calf was taken to Gulf World in Florida for care. The calf, named Nemo, was less then two months old, weighing in at only 45 pounds and 3-1/2 feet long. Nemo was bottle-fed around the clock. Medical tests reported that the calf had an infection. He was treated with antibiotics. Admitting that the survival rates for stranded dolphins are low, facility staff gave him a 50/50 chance to live. With the help and treatment he received, Nemo did survive. He was deemed non-releasable due to age, and on February 9, 2004, Nemo became a permanent resident of Gulf World, joining the rest of the dolphins at the facility. A little over a month later, on March 21, 2004, Nemo died. Gulf World's MMIR was never updated, and the cause of death is still “Pathology Pending”. However, according to a March 25, 2004 news article by the Associated Press, the cause of Nemo's death could have been </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Arial Italic', serif; font-size: 13pt;">Red Tide</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">. The article stated that the area had seen numerous wild dolphin deaths in the area due to red tide and two young dolphins, Ripley and Nemo, has just died from what appeared to be Red Tide. Both were to have shown signs of neurological issues, including twitching of the body. The article further stated that there were two other dolphins at the facility who were sick. </span></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">On March 3, 2004, a dolphin calf was found in DuLarge, LA, where she had been separated from her mother following the construction of a levee. Residents had spotted the young calf swimming around for several days, but did not call for aid until she had beached herself. It is not known how long she had been beached when staff from the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas from New Orleans arrived. She was taken back to their facility for treatment, and was moved to the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies (IMMS) on April 14, 2004. Deemed non-releasable due to her age, Cayenne was then moved to Marine Life Oceanarium, which was owned by IMMS Director Moby Solangi. On Aug. 28, 2005, with a category 5 hurricane heading straight towards them, Solangi ordered four of Marine Life's dolphins to be moved 6 miles inland to local hotel salt water swimming pools. Cayenne was among those dolphins moved. The next day Hurricane Katrina tore through Gulfport, destroying Marine Life. Cayenne was moved to Gulfarium in Florida, along with the other Marine Life dolphins. On Oct 9, 2005, just months after the storm, Cayenne died. According to the MMIR for Gulfarium, Cayenne died of "Presumed Pneumonia". Cayenne was about 2 years old, and lived in captivity for approximately one year and a half.</span></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">At Save Misty the Dolphin, we believe that when a decision is made to place a stranded mammal into captivity, the guidelines “first do no harm” must be observed. Time and time again we have seen rescued dolphins survive being stranded only to die at the hands of their captives. Placing wild animals in captivity and forcing them live in unnatural conditions is NOT acceptable. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Placing them in disease ridden or unsafe public displays is NOT acceptable. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Forcing them to entertain the public, as if they "owe" it to their human rescuers, is NOT acceptable!</span></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">The SMTD team is very concerned about the future of baby pilot whale 301. She, like so many others before her, appears to be sentenced to captivity. While we may not be able to save her, we believe that better regulations must be put into place to help save other young dolphins and whales who become stranded. The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) regulates policies and programs associated with stranded marine mammals. As written, the law allows for the present scenario in which "non-releasable" animals are sentenced to captivity. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">There must be alternatives! Why must the price for being saved be their freedom? Why not have ample bay or sea pens set up for these non-releasable animals? This should be a place where they do not have to perform stupid tricks, and where they can live a somewhat normal life as they are rehabilitated with the singular goal of being released. Why not help them build new pods and then release those pods in time? Captive facilities claim that the dolphins in their facilities are bonded like pods in the wild. If that is the case, why would it not be the same for stranded animals? And, considering that it is okay for Lolita, the captive orca at Miami Seaqurium to be housed with dolphins, then it shouldn't matter if a pod is comprised of different types of dolphins. If a facility or government agency claims otherwise, then maybe they should look at the regulations they themselves put into place. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Of course, releasing stranded dolphins and whales doesn’t bring revenue into captive facilities. In 2009, SeaWorld’s combined properties hosted approximately 23.5 million guests. Revenue reports from 2006 show a net of $144.3 million. It seems as though there should be funds available for rescue, rehabilitation and release of these stranded dolphins, but when it comes right down to it, profits always seem to take priority over “first do no harm”.</span></div><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://www.afamilystandingup.com/swfl.php">SeaWorld Fl MMIR 2010</a> MayDay is listed as SWF-TT-0307, on pg 56 </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://www.afamilystandingup.com/Gulfarium.php">Gulfarium MMIR 2009</a><br />
<a href="http://www.afamilystandingup.com/GulfWorld.php">Gulf World MMIR 2009</a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/archives/K/2/pub2265.html">Lazarus/MayDay</a><br />
<a href="http://www.imms.org/downloads/rescues/Cayennes_Story.pdf">Cayenne's Story...Told by IMMS</a><br />
<a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2003-05-24/news/0305240243_1_dolphin-marine-mammals-stranded">Nemo</a><br />
<a href="http://www.newsherald.com/news/pier-24015-bay-nemo.html">Nemo Newsherald.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.sptimes.com/2004/03/25/State/Red_Tide_suspected_in.shtml">Nemo Death</a><br />
<a href="http://gonewengland.about.com/library/weekly/aa070799.htm">Stormy</a><br />
<a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2001-01-18/news/0101180097_1_mystic-aquarium-dolphin-conn">Stormy dies</a><br />
<a href="http://articles.courant.com/2001-03-17/news/0103170888_1_aquarium-scientists-beluga-whales-mystic-aquarium">Misty dies</a>~ Stormy's pool mate.</div>Save Misty The Dolphinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703635200112905103noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596905839634970633.post-60354718301778964132011-06-10T10:10:00.000-07:002011-06-23T12:51:35.186-07:00Swimming in Sorrow: The Story Behind the Captive Dolphin Breeding Program in the U.S.<div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i>* In loving memory of Tique's calf, who died on June 10, 2011, at the Shedd Aquarium in Illinois. She was six days old. Also in loving memory of Nova's calf, who died on June 23, 2011, at the Indianapolis Zoo. He was twenty days old.</i><br />
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<div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman Italic', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Probably the most stressful and anxiety-provoking act in human existence is the separation of a woman from her newborn infant. The response to this, which humans share with most of the animal kingdom, is an overwhelming combination of panic, rage, and distress.</i></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><i> </i> (Ruskin in Horchler and Morris, 1994)</span></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 13pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">When a mother loses a child, the psychological impact can exact a toll that goes well beyond grief and into a range of mental health disorders including anxiety, clinical depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. A recent study in the British Journal of Psychiatry found that these symptoms can last for years - even following the birth of a healthy child. (Blackmore, E.R., Cote-Arsenault, D., Tang, W., Glover, V., Evans, J., Golding, J., and O’Connor, T.G., 2011)</span></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 13pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">In his 2007 book, </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman Italic', serif; font-size: 14pt;">In Defense of Dolphins: The New Frontier, </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Thomas White proposed that dolphins be considered as “non-human persons”. White and other researchers describe these marine mammals as highly intelligent, self-conscious, unique individuals with personalities, memories and a sense of self. They are also vulnerable to pain and suffering and experience emotions we know as fear, dread and grief. This notion of dolphins experiencing grief is poignantly documented in a 2008 you tube video of a wild mother dolphin carrying her dead baby with her in Laguna Madre Bay, South Padre, Texas: </span></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/C8BR0iMB14Y" width="425"></iframe><br />
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</div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 13pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Captive dolphins also exhibit grief reactions to the loss of a child. In February 2000, the Chicago Tribune reported:</span></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 13pt;"><span style="color: #1f1d1d; font-family: 'Times New Roman Italic', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Like any desperate mom, Tapeko made every attempt to save her child. </i></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman Italic', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><i>In a tank that Brookfield Zoo officials had isolated for the mother and baby, the 17-year-old Atlantic bottlenose dolphin patiently stayed with her calf late Saturday, following it up to the surface when it needed to breathe more frequently and slowing down when the newborn fell out of her "slipstream," a formation in which the calf is kept at its mother's side by a current of water. After 45 minutes, the calf sank to the bottom of the tank and rolled onto its side. Tapeko swam after it, lifting the baby with her snout and bringing it to the surface, where she handed it over to trainers. She then watched at the deck as they tried to revive the 12-day-old dolphin by breathing into the blowhole atop its head, in a technique similar to mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, and performing chest compressions. But the mom's and zookeepers' best efforts failed: Brookfield Zoo's newest baby dolphin died at 12:15 a.m. Sunday. </i></span></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #1f1d1d; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Since 1992, wild caught Tapeko has witnessed the deaths of four of her six children. She lost calves in 1992, 2000, and 2001. Daughter Kaylee died in 2009 at the age of 15 due to a tear in her stomach.</span></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #1f1d1d; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">The infant mortality rate among captive dolphins is extraordinarily high, but this seems to have little impact on captive breeding practices. If a mother loses a child, she is just impregnated once again. A review of the website </span><span style="color: #1f1d1d; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.ceta-base.com/"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">www.ceta-base.com</span></a></span><span style="color: #1f1d1d; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> uncovers the excessive nature of dolphin breeding programs in zoos and aquariums across the United States. At the John G. Shedd Aquarium in Illinois, Tique, a white-sided dolphin has lost three calves since 1995. Her most recent calf, a female born on June 3, 2011, died yesterday after struggling to nurse. At the Indianapolis Zoo, Nova, a bottlenose dolphin who was taken from the wild in 1988, has had eight pregnancies since 1993. Six of her calves have died. Two are living, including Kalei and one also born on June 3, 2011. Likewise, at SeaWorld San Antonio, bottlenose dolphin Yoyo has lost five calves since 1998 and has no living offspring. At the Miami Seaquarium, Cathi, a wild caught bottlenose dolphin, has lost five calves since 1976. She has three living offspring: Samantha, Ripley and Abaco. The list goes on and on and on. Female dolphins in aquariums are used like brood bitches in puppy mills. Although their surviving calves aren’t sold to pet shops in the manner that puppies are, they are in a manner of speaking, sold into slavery. These dolphins will never know the sheer joy of swimming in the open sea as they will live out their lives in captivity. </span></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #1f1d1d; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">The captive breeding program (a.k.a. stud service) at several United States aquariums literally involves transporting male studs from aquarium to aquarium to impregnate female dolphins. The practice is described in the June 2010 issue of the National Aquarium Blog as the facility bid farewell to Chinook, a stud who had been on “breeding loan” for three years:</span></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #1f1d1d; font-family: 'Times New Roman Italic', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><i>Chinook was loaded into a specially made transport carrier and taken by truck to the airport. He was flown to Chicago with an Aquarium vet and trainer by his side. Upon arrival at Brookfield, he looked great and began to eat fish right away. We heard that he is already showing interest in the female dolphins at Brookfield Zoo!</i></span></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #1f1d1d; font-family: 'Times New Roman Italic', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><i>As part of a dolphin breeding consortium, we work with seven other zoos/aquariums to cooperatively manage and breed our dolphins. Male dolphins are commonly moved from place to place to breed with different female groups.</i></span></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 13pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">With the wonders of modern science, some dolphin moms don’t even get the luxury of courtship, but rather are artificially inseminated. In 2005, SeaWorld San Diego proudly announced that it had successfully selected the gender of a calf via artificial insemination. The technology allowing the gender selection was developed by a company called XY Inc. Tom Gilligan, a representative of the company, was quoted in a </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman Italic', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Reuter’s</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> article describing the birth as “a real breakthrough that would lessen the need for new captures to vary the gene pool of captive marine mammals.” At Save Misty the Dolphin, we wonder if it is really a breakthrough, or if it is just bad science that completely fails to consider the mental and emotional impact of captive breeding on the mother dolphins? It appears that captive breeding, either via natural or artificial means, is largely unregulated. Inquiries by our team to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums pointed us to individual facilities. Calls to the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), charged with implementing the Animal Welfare Act, directed us to the National Marine Fisheries Service. Calls to the National Marine Fisheries Service sent us back to APHIS. That being the case, there seem to be no protections in place specific to the wellbeing of captive mother dolphins used in breeding programs. The reproductive future of these animals relies solely on the whims of the captive facilities, the very same facilities that profit from “showing” captive dolphins.</span></div><div class="FreeForm" style="margin: 0in 0in 13pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;">Ric O’Barry, former dolphin trainer turned activist and star of the Academy-Award winning documentary, </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman Italic', serif; font-size: 14pt;"><i>The Cove</i></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14pt;"> refers to the range of mental health problems demonstrated by captive dolphins as “captive dolphin depression syndrome”. They may perform for the crowd, but outside of the show arena, they hover listlessly in small concrete tanks. In the worst cases, some appear catatonic. We wonder how many of these dolphins with captive dolphin syndrome are mothers who have experienced the loss of one or more children? Perhaps the “captive dolphin depression syndrome” concept needs to be expanded to cover postpartum depression and complicated grief? Perhaps it is simply time for the captive breeding program, and all captivity for that matter, to end!</span></div>Save Misty The Dolphinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703635200112905103noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596905839634970633.post-14736255029749646652011-06-03T15:06:00.000-07:002011-06-03T15:15:37.191-07:00BREAKING NEWS: New Baby at the Indy Zoo <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nova with Kalei in 2000</td></tr>
</tbody></table> <div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Less than 2 weeks after Save Misty the Dolphin published our investigative blog, "Indy Zoo Host to Deadly Gene Pool," the Zoo announced on June 3, the dolphin shows are temporarily cancelled due to the birth of<span class="text_exposed_show"> a new baby. The calf, believed to be a male, was born this morning to Nova. The baby makes the 8th calf that Nova has given birth to since 1993. Kalei, has been her only calf to survive. We at SMTD send our love to both Mommy and Baby, and we hope for the best.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span class="text_exposed_show"><a href="http://www.indyzoo.com/SitePages/PlanYourVisit/breakingNews.aspx">Indy Zoo Breaking News</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Save Misty The Dolphinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703635200112905103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5596905839634970633.post-29238046064711906592011-05-22T16:31:00.000-07:002011-06-23T14:31:33.361-07:00Indy Zoo Host to Deadly Gene PoolIn 1988, The Indianapolis Zoological Society (The Indy Zoo) acquired eight dolphins that had been captured from the Gulf of Mexico near Florida. According to the<strong> MMIR</strong> and the <strong>Bottlenose Dolphin Studbook </strong>report the following information about these dolphins:<br />
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<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Name</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sex</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">DOB (est)</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Cap Date</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="90"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Arrival Date</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Stud #</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kimo</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">M</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1/1/1985</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6/2/1988</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="90"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6/3/1988</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">371</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rah</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1/1/1985</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6/3/1988</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="90"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6/4/1988</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">NONE</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ripley</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1/1/1985</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6/4/1988</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="90"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6/5/1988</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">372</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">China</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1/1/1985</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6/5/1988</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="90"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6/5/1988</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">373</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shiloh</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1/1/1985<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6/5/1988</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="90"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6/5/1988</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">374</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Phoenix</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1/1/1985</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6/5/1988</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="90"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6/5/1988</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">375</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sundance</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">M</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1/1/1985</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6/5/1988</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="90"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6/5/1988</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">376</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 54.9pt;" valign="top" width="73"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nova</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1/1/1983</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 0.75in;" valign="top" width="72"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6/7/1988</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 67.5pt;" valign="top" width="90"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6/7/1988</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">323</span></div></td></tr>
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On Dec 30, 1988 Rah, one of the zoo's female dolphins died -- just 6 months after her capture. According to the Indy <b>MMIR</b>, her jaw became caught in netting and she drowned. In the Indianapolis Monthly article by Evan West, "<strong><em>Whats a nice dolphin like you doing in a place like this,</em></strong>" Tom Granberry, the area manager of marine mammals at the zoo, confirmed that Rah died in the Florida Keys. Rah was being held in a leased holding facility, in the care of Indy Zoo handlers when she became entangled in a net used to move the dolphins around. This was just the beginning of what would be a very long string of deaths for the zoo.<br />
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According to Mike Knight's April 2002 Indianapolis Monthy article "<strong><em>Bringing up Mommy,</em></strong>" breeding was always part of the the zoo's plan. This was because the difficulty of getting permits to capture dolphins from the wild. Dave Merritts was hired by the Zoo, before it opened, as the curator of the marine mammals. In the article he states, "<em>We opened a new zoo, had a beautiful facility, collected some great animals, and actually had our first dolphin pregnant, I think, in about the third year</em>." Merritts went on to say, "<em>The object was to collect a population that could be reproductively successful</em>." Paul Grayton, the Vice President of programs for the zoo, stated, "<em>Our desire is to always have a self-sustaining population, irrespective of the animals</em>." and went on to say "<em>So in the very beginning our desire was to have dolphin breeding</em>."<br />
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Although the staff of the Indy Zoo wanted a successful breeding program, it has been anything but successful. A simple Google search of "Baby Dolphin Indy Zoo" yields numerous results. Most tell the story of a new baby dolphin at the zoo, only to be followed by another describing how the dolphin did not survive. Most will mention how the zoo has suffered "many" dolphin miscarriages, stillbirths, or calves only living a short time. However, nowhere in these news reports will you find an exact number of baby dolphin deaths. Why? Because, the Indy Zoo does not want the public to know just how ineffective their breeding program really is. The truth is most marine parks will not announce a dolphin is pregnant until the calf is born and the facility feels it is going to survive.<br />
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In the 23 years since the dolphins were captured, the Zoo has had <strong>3</strong> successful births. These dolphins are:<br />
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<tr style="height: 17.1pt; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; height: 17.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 43.45pt;" valign="top" width="58"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Name</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; height: 17.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 29.8pt;" valign="top" width="40"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sex</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; height: 17.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">DOB</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; height: 17.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 51.1pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mother</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; height: 17.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sire</span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 16.05pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 16.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 43.45pt;" valign="top" width="58"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kalei</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 16.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 29.8pt;" valign="top" width="40"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 16.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">11/16/2000</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 16.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 51.1pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nova</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 16.05pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sundance</span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17.1pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 17.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 43.45pt;" valign="top" width="58"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Indy</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 17.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 29.8pt;" valign="top" width="40"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 17.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8/20/2001</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 17.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 51.1pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">China</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 17.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sundance</span></span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="height: 17.1pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 17.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 43.45pt;" valign="top" width="58"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Jett</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 17.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 29.8pt;" valign="top" width="40"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">M</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 17.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2/2/2002</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 17.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 51.1pt;" valign="top" width="68"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ripley</span></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; height: 17.1pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 63.9pt;" valign="top" width="85"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sundance</span></span></div></td></tr>
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<br />
According to the Indy Zoo <strong>MMIR</strong> dated May 13, 2009, the zoo has only had 2 deaths of babies in the zoo. <br />
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One born 8/15/1993 and died the same day, due to undetermined causes. The other born 8/30/2000 and died 9/14/2000 from gastritis and pneumonia. However, the <strong>Studbook</strong> tells a different story. The <b>S</b><strong>tudbook</strong> lists <strong>22</strong> dolphins born at the Indy Zoo who did not survive, for one reason or the other. The first birth is listed as 8/15/1993, the same birth on the MMIR, the last being born 11/22/2010:<br />
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<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Date</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">SEX</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">BIRTH</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="top" width="120"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mother</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sire</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Stud #</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8/15/1993</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">M</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Born Alive</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="top" width="120"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nova</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">UNKNOWN</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1064</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">4/16/1994</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Stillborn</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="top" width="120"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ripley</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">UNKNOWN</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">526</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2/28/1995</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">M</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Born Alive</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="top" width="120"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Phoenix</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">UNKNOWN</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1069</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5/16/1995</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Born Alive</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="top" width="120"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ripley</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">UNKNOWN</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1070</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8/4/1995</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">M</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Born Alive</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="top" width="120"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nova</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">UNKNOWN</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">560</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8/23/1996</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">M</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Born Alive</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="top" width="120"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">China</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sundance</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">587</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9/28/1996</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Born Alive</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="top" width="120"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Phoenix</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sundance</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">591</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9/20/1996</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">M</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Born Alive</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="top" width="120"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shiloh</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sundance</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">592</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8/21/1997</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">M</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Born Alive</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="top" width="120"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nova</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sundance</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1074</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3/16/1998</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">M</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Born Alive</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="top" width="120"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">?</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">?</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1077</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9/21/1998</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Born Alive</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="top" width="120"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">China</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sundance</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1080</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7/24/2000</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Born Alive</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="top" width="120"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Phoenix</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sundance</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1082</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">8/30/2000</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Born Alive</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="top" width="120"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ripley</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sundance</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">271</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">9/11/2001</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">M</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Born Alive</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="top" width="120"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Phoenix</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Unknown</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1087</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10/5/2004</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Stillborn</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="top" width="120"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nova</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sundance</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1095</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">2/23/2005</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Born Alive</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="top" width="120"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ripley</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kimo</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1097</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">5/17/2007</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Born Alive<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="top" width="120"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nova</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Unknown</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1176</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 18;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">10/23/2009</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Stillborn</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="top" width="120"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nova</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sundance</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1451</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 19;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">12/23/2009</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Stillborn</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="top" width="120"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ripley</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Unknown</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1452</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 20;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">3/16/2010</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Born Alive</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="top" width="120"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kalei</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Unknown</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1453</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 21;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">6/14/2010</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Uk</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Stillborn</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="top" width="120"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ripley</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kimo</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1457</span></div></td></tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 22; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 59.4pt;" valign="top" width="79"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">11/22/2010</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 27pt;" valign="top" width="36"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">F</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1in;" valign="top" width="96"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Born Alive</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 1.25in;" valign="top" width="120"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">China</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 85.5pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Kimo</span></div></td><td style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; border-top: #f0f0f0; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; width: 45pt;" valign="top" width="60"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1450</span></div></td></tr>
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Although listed in the <strong>MMIR</strong> as death cause undetermined, the article "<strong><em>Bringing Up Mommy,</em></strong>" tells a different story about what happened to Nova's calf. Jodie Baker, a staff member at the zoo, says "<em>When it was being born it appeared that it got struck, and when the contractions were coming on it developed a hemorrhage at the base of the spine."</em> (Note: Could struck be a typo and it should be stuck?) Although staff members thought the baby looked good and claimed Nova appeared to have great motherly instincts, the baby only lived 15 minutes.<br />
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After 12 years and 11 dead babies, the staff at the Zoo blamed all the deaths on the dolphins. They claim (per "Bringing up Mommy") that the female dolphins just didn't know how to be good mothers. After consulting with numerous experts, they came to the conclusion that dolphins just do not naturally have motherly instincts. It was 2000, and 3 of the 4 females at the zoo were close to giving birth again. (Note: Shiloh the Zoo's 5th female died in 1997) Phoenix and Ripley both gave birth to live babies, but they both died the same day they were born. Then on November 16, 2000, Nova gave birth to her 4th calf, and it survived. After years of trying to breed these dolphins, Kalei was the result the zoo was looking for. The staff claims that the other adult females immediately started copying what Nova and her calf did. The females paired up and pretended to be mother and calf, swimming in formation and practicing nursing. In August 2001, it was China's turn, and she gave birth to Indy, who also survived. A month later, Sept 11, 2001, Phoenix gave birth, but the calf did not live. On Feb. 2, 2002, Ripley gave birth to Jett, the zoo's 3rd calf to survive. One might at this point conclude that these females finally gained their motherly instincts. Maybe it took the dolphins 3 or 4 tries to "get it right". However, since Jett was born in 2002 there have been 8 calves born at the zoo, and NONE have survived. <br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaazN0oeAjRSQFhsiXInMDqLQU8L72c_zbv0PDoQXqQ_P6GAYyWOQxiyzFvCKETjOJbAGZ_E9MW_vd8m6AU5Cvp2eiNTg81KxSZ3tc7dpFfMac0TGVEFgvXkHyhnL5oTJ4FKLF6j9OxlPY/s1600/MathWarehouse-pie.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaazN0oeAjRSQFhsiXInMDqLQU8L72c_zbv0PDoQXqQ_P6GAYyWOQxiyzFvCKETjOJbAGZ_E9MW_vd8m6AU5Cvp2eiNTg81KxSZ3tc7dpFfMac0TGVEFgvXkHyhnL5oTJ4FKLF6j9OxlPY/s320/MathWarehouse-pie.png" width="320px" /></a>In the face of this information, we ask the simple question: WHEN IS ENOUGH - ENOUGH? It is clear that the Indy Zoo dolphin breeding program is NOT working. These dolphins have been pregnant time and time again, with heartbreaking results: 25 births with only 3 surviving - or a 12% success rate. How can anyone be OK with this? At what point will someone step in and stop this epic failure? Facilities claim that dolphins are in captivity for educational purposes. They claim that by having them they are able to study dolphins, as well as teach the public how dolphins live in the wild, thus helping the public to better understand and care about them. How can this facility teach the public about dolphins, if they themselves do not understand them? How much longer will they put these dolphins through this heartache before they realize, IT IS JUST NOT WORKING??? <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The Indy Zoo has reached out to many other dolphin facilities and experts for help. The most interesting response they received came from a group of High School students. In the article "<strong><em>Students on the Case of Dying Dolphins,</em></strong>" students from a local high school broke down the genetic diversity of the Indy dolphins and came to the conclusion that the death of many of the dolphin calves was due to inbreeding. We applaud the students and their teachers for this amazing work. However, after over 50 years of holding dolphins in captivity, does it really take a group of high school students to figure this out? How can the captive industry claim to have a successful breeding program, when this sort of thing is happening? </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">We at Save Misty The Dolphin want to expose what is truly going on in the captive industry. The public MUST know the truth. These facilities have been able to hide the truths due to loose regulations and poor recorded keeping. Information is often not reported on MMIR's. In some cases, such as this, animals are left off all together. This should not be allowed! It is up to the public to demand the truth. It is our goal to uncover and expose these truths. It is our goal to expose these facilities, and educate the public. If it takes us going through records of every facility out there, that is what we will do. These dolphins were taken away from their families. Their freedom was stolen and they were sent to "educate" the public about their wild families. We owe it to them, to Misty, and to ALL animals in captivity, that the truth is always told! </div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">NOTE: In 2007 Phoenix died. Sundance died in 2010. Currently the Indy Zoo has 8 dolphins. Orginal dolphins: Kimo (M), Ripley (F), Nova (F), and China (F); Calves born at Indy: Kalei (F), Indy (F), and Jett (M); along with Taz (M) a dolphin that had stranded in Florida and was sent to Indy to join their breeding program. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><u>TELL THE INDY ZOO TO STOP BREEDING THESE DOLPHINS! </u></strong></div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;">Sign the End the Dolphin Breeding Program at the Indy Zoo <a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/end-the-dolphin-breeding-program-at-the-indy-zoo">Here</a></div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;">Send the Indy an E-mail <a href="http://www.indianapoliszoo.com/SitePages/_forms/contactUs.aspx">Here</a></div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;">Call the Zoo 317-630-2001</div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;">Write to the Zoo:</div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;">1200 West Washington Street</div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;"> Indianapolis, In 46222</div><br />
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UPDATE: On June 3rd 2011 Nova gave birth to her 8th calf. On June 23rd 2011, the 20 day old calf died of "unknown causes". This is the 7th calf Nova has lost since 1993. Nova has one offspring, Kalei who was born in 2000, who is still living. Kalei lost a calf in 2010.<br />
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<a href="http://www.theindychannel.com/news/28336060/detail.html">Nova's calf dies</a><br />
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<u>Sources:</u></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">2009 and 2010 Bottlenose Dolphin StudBook</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=4ekCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA40&lpg=PA40&dq=Dolphin+pregnant+at+Indy+zoo&source=bl&ots=1htTsuRjG6&sig=2oqo3_6nQ62UqHIbkR_aqG1T79Y&hl=en&ei=MbjVTcnGEcb20gH_vOGoBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Dolphin%20pregnant%20at%20Indy%20zoo&f=false">Bringing Up Mommy</a> article from the Indianapolis Monthly April 2002 (MUST READ!)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=zAsDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA138&lpg=PA138&dq=dolphin+DIES+indy+zoo&source=bl&ots=iiK7RySXgv&sig=vrfEj_DtnGDXvI9ZFg26VMXTjog&hl=en&ei=rhLYTZnBGqe30gHU5tX8Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q&f=false">What's a nice dolphin like you doing in a place like this?</a> article from the Indianapolis Monthly May 2005</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://www.afamilystandingup.com/IndyZoo.php">Indy Zoo 2009 MMIR</a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://timessentinel.com/local/x155325821/Students-on-the-case-of-dying-dolphins">Student's on the Case of Dying Dolphins</a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://heraldbulletin.com/statenews/x518784883/Indianapolis-Zoo-seeks-cause-of-dolphin-s-sudden-death">Pheonix Dies</a> 6/24/2007</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><u>Links of Interest:</u></div><br />
Being a Non-Profit Org. the INDIANAPOLIS ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY INC is required to fill out Tax Form 990. Here are the ones available. These forms list all financial info for the Org. <br />
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<a href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments//2009/351/074/2009-351074747-06a10eb0-9.pdf">2009 990 Form</a><br />
<a href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments//2008/351/074/2008-351074747-057ad9cc-9.pdf">2008 990 Form</a><br />
<a href="http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments//2007/351/074/2007-351074747-04919106-9.pdf">2007 990 Form</a><br />
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<u>Federal Register Entries pertaining to the Indy Zoo:</u><br />
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<a href="http://www.federalregister.gov/articles/1994/01/07/94-351/marine-mammals">Dated 1/7/1994</a> in Regards to permit # 628<br />
<a href="http://www.federalregister.gov/articles/1994/01/12/94-697/marine-mammals">Dated 1/12/1994</a><br />
<a href="http://www.federalregister.gov/articles/1999/04/01/99-8002/notice-of-receipt-of-applications-for-permit">4/1/1999</a> Not Dolphin relatedSave Misty The Dolphinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08703635200112905103noreply@blogger.com2