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...when they were shipped to Key Largo, Fla. Rosie gave birth but did not nurse her calf, which soon died. Then, in May 1985, Slifka visited Joe and Rosie. Moved by their confinement, he vowed, "I'm going to get you out of this mess." Shortly thereafter, ORCA was formed...
...readapting captive or injured sea animals to the wilds. Last month the New England Aquarium, with support from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, organized a successful attempt to return to the ocean three pilot whales that had washed up on a Cape Cod beach. The $150,000 ORCA effort was the first attempt to develop an entire program for retraining captive dolphins for life at sea. "Projects like this are extremely important," says Whale Expert Roger Payne. "They open up new ways for dealing with captive animals...
...fall of 1986, ORCA had a team, a release site and a detailed plan. Heading the group were two Californians, Virginia Coyle and James Hickman. Abigail Alling, a whale biologist, located remote tidal creeks in Georgia that abound with wild dolphins. Richard O'Barry, the former trainer for the Flipper television series, was hired to "untrain" the dolphins...
...ORCA developed its plan for the release in consultation with the federal Marine Mammal Commission. Last fall the project got under way. Alling taped underwater sounds at the Georgia site to familiarize the dolphins with their new habitat. To deprogram them, O'Barry simply reversed normal training procedures. Instead of rewarding the dolphins when they performed, he would turn his back. To ease their transition to catching moving fish for food, the team clipped the tails off mullet to slow them down...
...Pinup Starlet Bo Derek, 28-19-500,000? Those of course are the dimensions of a poster of Bo kneeling in the surf that has already sold 500,000 copies. Before the poster and her success in the film 10, Derek, 22, was known for her role in Orca, the Killer Whale, in which she was billed below Orca. Then came success. Now in addition to movie and television offers, Bo is out to improve on the dimensions of alltime Poster Star Farrah Fawcett, who measures 28-19-4 million...