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Is Dolphin Therapy Cruel to Dolphins?

Critter News

The dolphin-therapy business has been booming, fueled in part by the rapid growth in diagnoses of childhood mental disorders such as autism. These critics charge that it is no more effective and considerably more expensive than skillful conventional treatment, while potentially harmful to the humans and the animals.

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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

10,000 Birds

As you read the below timeline and see the below images, don’t ever forget the perils that walk hand-in-hand with human greed. Officials reported 48 marine mammals, mostly dolphins, and 87 dead sea turtles during the first two months alone. We documented the relocation of several turtle nests.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Dogs are able to detect diseases such as cancer and diabetes and warn humans of impending heart attacks and strokes. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. People have reported dolphins struggling to save a dead calf by pushing its body to the surface of the water.

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