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AMENDED GoFund and Avaaz Petition Intro.txt
The largest Dolphin slaughter in the world occurs not in
Japanese Taiji or the Danish Faroes but in the Solomon Islands.
According to statistics, Dolphins numbering in the tens of
thousands have been hunted and killed for hundreds of years. Since
2003 this carnage and suffering has been exacerbated by the sale of
live Dolphins to profiteers who sell them to aquariums, hotels, and
amusement centers on the global market.
The long-term effects of wild captures are significant as the
associated mortality also affects the dynamics and cohesion of the
Dolphin societies left behind.According to the Whale and Dolphin
Conservation Society, some populations of marine mammals have not
rebounded from captures for public display that occurred asfar back
as the 1960s.
It is important to note that although the practice of live
Dolphin capture stillexists in the Solomon Islands, many countries
have banned live captures and/orimports of wild caught animals
based on humane and sustainability grounds. Someof these countries
include Costa Rica, Mexico, Chile, New Zealand, Brazil, Argentina,
Peru. Cyprus, Thailand, Chile, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua,
Australia, China, Switzerland, and Croatia.
In a speech at the 'End Wildlife Crime Conference' at St.
JamesPalace, His RoyalHighness Prince William, Duke of Cambridge,
began his address by saying that "Myplea to you today comes not
from a place of expertise, but a place of deep respect for the
world that we have inherited............. We all know how
devastatingthe illegal wildlife trade is on populations of
endangered species - we have allheard the statistics. My fear is
that one of two things will stop the illegal trade: either we take
action to stem the trade or we will run out of the animals.There is
no other outcome possible."
The villagers in the Solomon Islands have relied for centuries
on the slaughterof Dolphins for subsistence but their reasons today
are very different. They have fallen under the influence of foreign
and domestic traders who are capitalizing on their culture.
Village leaders have said that they are willing to put an end to
the slaughter if they can find a different and reliable means to
sustain themselves and their families. Two of the local chiefs have
agreed that if they were offered $2,500 annually, they would stop
hunting the Dolphins as this amount would be enough to feed members
of both tribes for a year. It is worthwhile to note here that
bringing a halt to the capture and slaughter of the Solomon
Dolphins would bring incalculable social and economic benefits to
these rural communities.
The present monarch of the Solomon Islands is her Royal Majesty
Queen Elizabeth
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II. We contend that an Intervention by the Royals could and
would indeed save what is left of the Dolphin population and put an
end to the corruption and illegal trade that is presently taking
place in these beautiful islands.
This Global Wildlife Warriors project goal is to work with the
villagers in the Solomon Islands to help them build an ecotourism
industry where people can view the Dolphins in their natural
environment and appreciate them for their magnificence,
intelligence -and similar to human families -their strong family
bonds.
This venture will not be possible without the help of donations
from people whowant see the Dolphins live happy and safe lives.
We ask you to help by doing two things :
1. Please donate what you can to help the villagers have a
productive and viable future and to save the Dolphins from further
abuse, slaughter, and exploitation.
2. Click on the link below to sign our AVAAZ Petition asking the
Royal Family to intervene on behalf of the Dolphins and villagers
of the Solomon Islands.
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