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Comment on Driftnet Destruction by Janice

Janice — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:52:22 +0000

Horrific pictures. Thankful the new campaign is going!

Comment on Diary Of A Killer Whale: What Motivated Tilikum’s Attack On Dawn Brancheau? by timzimmermann

timzimmermann — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:15:57 +0000

Tilly is still at SW Florida, participating in shows, and will no doubt remain there. He was ill earlier this year. The underwater camera video of Dawn Brancheau’s death was never released to he public, and so far SW trainers have not gone back in the water, likely pending an outcome from the OSHA case.

Comment on Diary Of A Killer Whale: What Motivated Tilikum’s Attack On Dawn Brancheau? by Danielle

Danielle — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:20:47 +0000

So its now 2012..Is there anything new that you have discovered or figured out?, for example : What is “Tilly” doing today?, Did Sea World Trainers ever get back into the water?, Was the surveillance tape the day Dawn died ever released to the public? . I am Canadian and only heard about this incident with ‘Tilly” like a few months ago because out of boredom/curiosity an looking on “Google” to see if anything bad has ever happened at Marine Parks. I don’t know if you will ever even see/read this post. If you do since honestly I’ll probably never find this website again (altho I hope I do) will you please email me at daniellebardawill@hotmail.com..thanks Facebook’s cool too.

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Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:24:35 +0000

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Comment on Factory Farms Are Killing You (Reason #463) by Karl W

Karl W — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:43:39 +0000

Though I support restrictions on antibiotic use in animals for growth promotion, at least for types of antibiotics used in humans, I am unaware of any data suggesting that restricting animal use in Denmark for instance has resulted in lower resistance rates among human pathogens. Clearly one would expect a large impact upon human pathogen resistance (and indeed human mortality) if the link to resistant pathogens in animals is a strong as you imply.

This speaks to what I believe is a much more important issue for human pathogen resistance, which is the overuse of antibiotics in humans.

I agree that regulation is the most sensible method of restricting antibiotic overuse in all species. It is not clear to me that such regulation would reduce your opposition to modern methods of high density animal production, however.

Comment on Killer Whale Breeding: Artificial Insemination From The Female Perspective by Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:32:44 +0000

I think you cannot compare human artificial insemination with that of an animal. It is humans’ free choice, while animals have no choice in that matter. They don’t need artificial insemination and those in captivity probably wouldn’t want it because why would they like to give birth to a baby whale that will live in misery. And this is not done for research purposes but mainly for entertainment purposes and money. And we should not forget that we only have to save endangered species because humans are the cause for their disappearance. First we destroy and then when it is almost too late we try to find a ridiculous solution, like artificially insemination in animals. As if this was going to protect the lives of orcas (or other animals) living in the wild. In the end the only animals left will be those living in small parks or reservations because humans will have taken their natural habitat. And then we think artificial semination is the trick to protecting endangered species? I highly doubt it.

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Factory Farms – The Issues | Veggie and Herbs — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:30:42 +0000

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Comment on A New Orca Website Worth Following by timzimmermann

timzimmermann — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:43:06 +0000

Both books are excellent, and Hoyt did great work compiling the record of captures in the early years. The Davis book was very interesting, too, though a bit outside my focus.

Comment on A New Orca Website Worth Following by Julie Walmsley

Julie Walmsley — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:31:42 +0000

I will definitely check this out. I’m wondering, though, why you never included the Hoyt’s or Davis’ book in your research. Maybe you did, but did not quote them? I thought the Davis book was especially interesting because it examines the use of public space and corporate-driven “education”.