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dipsydoodle

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Fri Oct 18, 2013, 07:33 AM Oct 2013

Massacre of the dolphins: How 10,000 of the mammals a year are being speared and slaughtered

Massacre of the dolphins: How 10,000 of the mammals a year are being speared and slaughtered - just for bait to catch endangered sharks

Fishermen in Peru hunt and butcher dolphins, even though it's illegal
They harvest meat from the animals to use as cheap bait for sharks
Jim Wickens negotiated passage on a fishing ship to see it for himself
He and his cameraman witnessed the brutal process from start to finish

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2465575/Dolphins-killed-bait-catch-endangered-sharks-Peru.html#ixzz2i4XkU5Mb

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Massacre of the dolphins: How 10,000 of the mammals a year are being speared and slaughtered (Original Post) dipsydoodle Oct 2013 OP
This is just so wrong. In_The_Wind Oct 2013 #1
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