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67,500 dolphins killed in the last 15 years

Dolphins and porpoises are dying

It has to stop

The bass trawl fishery has killed an estimated 67,500 common dolphins in the last 15 years. The dolphins are trapped and killed in nets dragged at high speed through the English Channel.



Dolphins and porpoises are dying in hundreds, maybe thousands, in fishing nets around the UK. The awful spectacle of dead dolphins on our beaches will continue unless more action is taken.

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13-3-2008this is a good website but the poor dolphins and the same things are happning to whales it is so sadenonamus
16-2-2008As Groucho Marx once asked in his Upper East Side New York accent. "of what porpoise is a delphinium?"The Thirteenth Nightingale
14-2-2008I notice that not too many people are concerned about the welfare of the fish caught in the nets?Maz
14-2-2008To nikki and willy! Go die in a hole. I doubt either of you is beautiful enough to not wear makeup. Please put some on so the rest of us don't have to see you ugly faces. love yougators
22-10-2007I could not give a hoot if I never saw one again. What's more of a concern to me is where and when my next beer is comin' from. As a parasite of the State with 21 years unemployed under my rather, large belt, and, a crackin' suntan, all you tax-payers owe it to me.Taxpayers Friend
10-9-2007http://www.ihatedolphins.com/ 103 ways to kill them http://www.ihatedolphins.com/kill.htm? Dolphins, also known as "The Chicken of the Sea," might seem like the most digusting creatures on the planet to you by now. But they taste so good it's scarey. Dolphin meat is one of the...moreI Hate Dolphins
10-9-2007Dolphins are not to be put in the glass fill with water.They need to be free and not be in show that make them do all these stuff.Gage
10-9-2007We dont like dolphins geting killed.It needs to stop they have right too!Gage's class
14-12-2006a porpoise is a mammal that looks very similar to dolphins. The dorsal fin (the fin on the back of the animal) in porpoises is triangular looking more like a sharks.people rarely see porpoises at the surface unless they are coming up for a breath unlike dolphins.book worm ^_^
25-10-2006What is a porpoise? Can someone please tell me. Even what do they look like?Kev
20-8-2006Porpoise Kebab anyone? Yum. We kill loads of other mammals to eat, why does everyone kick up such a fuss about bloody dolphins? What do they do?! they just Piss about all day playing with beachballs and conches and having sex. Get 'em on the barby.A Sad Slapper
06-5-2006Willy, did I ever say I didn't? All I said was, I am so beautiful I don't need artificial enhancement, and that I use animal-free and environmentally friendly products on myself and my home. I never, ever said I was Mrs Perfect, neither did I say that I don't buy products that didn'...moreNikki



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