Press Release

[Guest guest]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

September 16, 2005

 

Media Contact: Richard O'Barry, Marine Mammal Specialist, One Voice-France

(Miami, Florida office)

Email: ricobarry Phone: 305 6684834

 

ONE VOICE-FRANCE CALLS FOR A BALANCED STORY REGARDING MOBY SOLANGI AND MARINE

ANIMAL PRODUCTIONS.

 

 

Moby Solangi, owner of Marine Animal Productions (MAP) in Gulfport Mississippi,

is being painted as a hero by CNN, ABC News and other media outlets for rescuing

the very same dolphins that he abandoned before hurricane Katrina struck. So

far, none of the media have investigated Solangi's background or his track

record. If the media had done a little research, they would have learned that

Solangi has captured more than a hundred dolphins in US waters, particularly in

Mississippi Sound. These victim dolphins have been sentenced to a miserable life

in sea circuses, amusement parks, the US navy and other captive dolphin

facilities. Some of the captured dolphins were rented to zoos in the United

States, such as the Oklahoma City Zoo. The Zoo's dolphin exhibit was finally

closed when animal protection organizations exposed the high death record. It is

therefore ironic to see how the media is now portraying Solangi as a heroic

figure who actually cares about dolphins.

 

The media is not telling the public the whole story, and the dolphin protection

community is calling for a balanced account. The media left out one of the most

important parts of this feel-good-story: Who is Moby Solangi, and what exactly

does Marine Animal Productions do?

 

Everyone knew in advance that a category five hurricane was bearing down on the

Gulf states. There was plenty of time to evacuate the animals from this

disaster. Why were these helpless animals abandoned in the first place?

 

Dolphin captures are carried out in great secrecy, as dolphinariums don't want

the graphic images of struggling and panic-stricken dolphins to reach the

public. We will never know how many dolphins have died as a result of capture

operations orchestrated by MAP but, according to a sworn statement written and

signed by a former employee of Marine Life, Gulfport, Mississippi, more than

twenty dolphins were killed during a single capture. Here is an excerpt from the

account:

 

" Every diver had a dolphin, although they could not keep their blowholes above

water (.) Through the semi-circle the float corks were going under, obvious

signs of netted, drowning dolphins. We could not help them, just watch until

they went still. It did not take long for the dolphins to start drowning,

probably because of their extreme exertion and panic. (.) One dolphin had a loop

around his fluke. (.) We continued to remove the net from the dolphins, and they

just slowly sank to the bottom. "

 

The eyewitness account ends: " The permanent Marine Life employees who were on

that collection were later told by Moby not to discuss Marine Life business with

any other employees or with anyone outside of Marine Life (...) I have since

learned that there is good reason for Moby to be concerned, given the fact that

Marine Animal Productions delivered at least 23 dolphins to the navy in 1988.

The death of over 20 other animals would have exceeded his quota for capture by

at least 18. "

 

Solangi is one of the world's biggest traffickers in captive dolphins, and his

track record is a litany of violent dolphin captures and exploitation. One

Voice-France hereby urges US government officials to deny Solangi a permit to

rebuild another captive dolphin facility anyplace.

 

(END)

 

 

[Guest guest]

Ric,

It would be very beneficial to provide suggestions as to what we can

do to effectively get this message out with you.

 

If there is someone or some organization (government, media or

civilian) that we can contact (via mail or phone) to help expose

Moby Solangi & MAP, could you please post it at this forum?

 

When I read of the efforts to recapture the dolphins, all I could

think of was how I wished there was an organization out there that

could prevent the dolphins from being recaptured. Do you know if

anyone is trying to do this?

 

Thank You,

Kim

 

 

 

 

aapn , " Richard O'Barry " <ricobarry@b...>

wrote:

>

>

> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

>

> September 16, 2005

>

> Media Contact: Richard O'Barry, Marine Mammal Specialist, One

Voice-France (Miami, Florida office)

> Email: ricobarry@b... Phone: 305 6684834

>

> ONE VOICE-FRANCE CALLS FOR A BALANCED STORY REGARDING MOBY SOLANGI

AND MARINE ANIMAL PRODUCTIONS.

>

>

> Moby Solangi, owner of Marine Animal Productions (MAP) in Gulfport

Mississippi, is being painted as a hero by CNN, ABC News and other

media outlets for rescuing the very same dolphins that he abandoned

before hurricane Katrina struck. So far, none of the media have

investigated Solangi's background or his track record. If the media

had done a little research, they would have learned that Solangi has

captured more than a hundred dolphins in US waters, particularly in

Mississippi Sound. These victim dolphins have been sentenced to a

miserable life in sea circuses, amusement parks, the US navy and

other captive dolphin facilities. Some of the captured dolphins were

rented to zoos in the United States, such as the Oklahoma City Zoo.

The Zoo's dolphin exhibit was finally closed when animal protection

organizations exposed the high death record. It is therefore ironic

to see how the media is now portraying Solangi as a heroic figure

who actually cares about dolphins.

[Guest guest]

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