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More is at stake than the survival of a single species. Conservationists fear that if they cannot rally to the rescue of earth's largest land mammal, there is little hope of preventing a multitude of lesser creatures from slipping into extinction. The elephant has become emblematic of the wild and the struggle to preserve...
...process of elimination is the way to do it. Obviously, the Dolphins are out. I'd look silly with a marine mammal on my head. And I'm too cool to jump on a winning bandwagon. Sorry, San Francisco, New Orleans, and Philadelphia. Appreciate the fans you've had from the beginning...
...plans to use the dolphins as guards. Thomas LaPuzza, a spokesman for the Naval Ocean Systems ) Center in San Diego, where the dolphins have been trained, refuses to comment on their mission, which is classified, but claims they are highly dependable. A thorough investigation by the federal Marine Mammal Commission cleared NOSC of charges that it had abused dolphins, and Democrat Norman Dicks, a Washington State Congressman who sits on the House Defense Appropriations subcommittee, came away from a classified briefing on the project reassured that the animals "are more reliable than anything else we've got for this assignment...
Perhaps the most popular fantasy of all involves a visit with the resort's most distinguished guests: eight Atlantic bottle-nosed dolphins, in residence under the care of marine-mammal veterinarians Rae Stone and Jay Sweeney. Rather than ricocheting around a concrete pool, the dolphins frolic in a protected saltwater lagoon. "Everything about this place is fake, except for the dolphins," observes a guest wryly, as she wanders by. The Dolphin Quest program offers a model environment for research and study, as well as a unique aquatic encounter for the guests. "These animals can humble anyone," says trainer Christian Harris...
...Navy may mistreat people," joked an officer last week, "but never dolphins." He was trying to defuse charges by Rick Trout, a former trainer at the Naval Ocean Systems Command in San Diego, that sea mammals in a classified Navy program had been beaten or starved during training, and that two had died as a result of abuse. The Marine Mammal Commission, announced that it will investigate...