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from FRONTLINE's interviews with
Jim McBain and Brad Andrews, Sea World, Inc.
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from FRONTLINE's interviews with Naomi Rose,
Humane Society of U.S., and Ric O'Barry, animal advocate
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Marine biologist Kelly Waples' fascinating, first-hand acount of
lessons learned from a project in the early '90s
to reintroduce to the wild nine bottlenose dolphins from
a Western Australia marine park.
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In this article the National Marine Fisheries Service
emphasizes the difficult issues that must be addressed before
releasing captive cetaceans
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Orca expert Erich Hoyt offers some of the
clearest explanations of ethical arguments
against keeping orcas captive
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The Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums presents
their strongly-argued case on the importance of marine
life parks, aquariums and zoos
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In this investigative piece, orca expert Erich Hoyt reports on
numerous accidents, and even deaths,
involving trainers of killer whales.
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In 1992, Congress allocated $500,000 to the Navy to explore the possibility of
returning to the wild dolphins deemed unnecessary to military programs. In
October 1993, the Navy issued this report which concluded that, because of the
research and technological development required before the dolphins could be
returned to the wild safely, a reintroduction program
would not be cost effective.
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Animal advocate Ric O'Barry explains the process and criteria
required for releasing captive dolphins -
and why it can be done with most, but not all,
of these mammals
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