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Your article misrepresented the laws and regulations governing captive dolphins in the U.S. No regulations specific to swim-with programs currently protect the captive dolphins used in these programs. The U.S. no more requires workday limits or sanctuaries for captive swim-with dolphins than does the Dominican Republic, Mexico or any of the world's other worst offenders. The only reason some American swim-with programs provide dolphins with better working conditions is that the U.S. is wealthier, not because it's the law. NAOMI A. ROSE MARINE MAMMAL SCIENTIST Humane Society of the U.S. Washington...
...Manati Park in the Dominican Republic, one of the world's most controversial facilities, techno music blares from two large speakers as five dolphins bounce balls and beach themselves on concrete for $7 photo ops. Then the contact sport begins. To the strains of a Celine Dion ballad, a girl douses her hands and feet in disinfectant and grabs hold of dolphin Vicki's pectoral fins. Vicki pulls her passenger along the length of the 10-yd. by 17-yd. pool and returns to the trainer for a reward--two pieces of fish. Vicki then swims up to a group...
...wasn't the most auspicious coming-out party. The 29-year-old mystery man who tried to slip into Japan on a fake Dominican Republic passport last week turned out to be none other than the eldest son of North Korea's Dear Leader Kim Jong Il. Outside of North Korea, no one has seen much of Kim Jong Nam or even knows much about him, so his surprising arrival caused quite a stir. But for a man whose family and homeland provoke considerable gossip, speculation and fear, he came, he said, for the most prosaic of reasons: he wanted...
...North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il, was deported from Japan after trying to sneak into the country with two women and a four-year-old boy he wanted to take to Tokyo Disneyland. Japan and North Korea do not have diplomatic relations, so Nam, 29, was traveling with a Dominican passport under the name Pang Xiong. The Japanese government refused comment on the case in an effort to avoid further embarrassment to North Korea, but several news agencies confirmed Nam's identity. The trip could mark a potential split between Jong Nam, the presumptive future ruler of North Korea...
...least 15 people drowned and 20 more were missing after a 12-m motorized wooden boat smashed against rocks and broke apart 11 km from the Caribbean island of Saint Martin. The victims were believed to be illegal migrants from the Dominican Republic. Two survivors, rescued by a fishing boat, told how the Esperanza foundered after it was hit by a huge wave...