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Owners of marine parks and dolphin shows claim to be educating the public. But about what? Certainly not about a dolphin's natural habitat. It is not natural for a dolphin to swim in circles in a man-made tank, exposed to loud music; shallow, chemically treated water; and humans. It is not natural for a hungry dolphin to play basketball, tail-walk, sing or dance just to get a dead fish. Buying a ticket to see or play with a captive dolphin is what increases the demand for their capture and subsequently their death...
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...
Although the men's and women's swimming and diving teams will suffer from the loss of graduating seniors, both teams will seek next year to build on the great potential displayed by talented underclassmen this season. Bolstered by the strong performances of sophomore Dan Shevchik and freshman John Cole, the Harvard men's swimming and diving team captured its sixth Eastern Intercollegiate Swim League (EISL) title this season...
...hard not to feed off from the energy coming from the team on the side of the pool each and every time I stepped up on the blocks," Cole said. "No matter how far ahead or behind I was in each race, I'd just want to swim faster for my teammates...
...once tried to invent a fin that would help people swim underwater," Biddle says. "It didn't work, but that shows his zany side...