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In this video Buster,
a Navy dolphin, holds a camera in his mouth and dives down to the site of a
sunken object. Directed to pan right and left through an acoustic device on
his head, Buster examines the object. Images are transmitted to a monitor on
the boat for Navy personnel to evaluate. This technology, coupled with
dolphins' ability to locate man-made objects which have fallen to the ocean
floor, can be invaluable to the Navy when searching for expensive military
equipment lost underwater.
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a chronology of the Navy's use of
dolphins and other marine mammals - from their role as guards during the
Vietnam War, to the retirement of much of the dolphin force after the Cold War
ended.
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Interviews with Naomi Rose, of the Humane Society of the U.S. and Ric
O'Barry, animal advocate, concerning the Navy's use of dolphins and the
'unauthorized' release of two of them in May 1996.
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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 October1993,
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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Ric O'Barry explains the process and criteria for releasing captive
dolphins--and why it can be done with most, but not all,
of these mammals
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At the end of this article, the National Marine Fisheries Service
summarizes their view of the unauthorized release of Navy dolphins in late
May1996.
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