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20 Pink Dolphins Die of Poisoning in Peruvian Amazon
Latin American Herald Tribune ^ | May 2,2010

Posted on 05/02/2010 8:29:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Some 20 pink dolphins were apparently poisoned and killed by poachers in Bazagan Lagoon in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, the Lima press said Saturday.

According to the daily La Republica, these pink dolphins (Inia geoffrensis) are believed to have been poisoned by fishermen to keep them from damaging their fishing nets.

The bodies of the cetaceans, between adults and young specimens 2 to 3 meters (6 1/2 to 10 feet) long, were found floating in Bazagan Lagoon, Requena province, in the northeastern region of Loreto, the Lima daily said.

La Republica said on Saturday that the pink dolphins of the Amazon must have eaten fish poisoned – according to preliminary investigations – with phosphorus or pesticides thrown in the water by unknown persons in order to eliminate them.

Any attempt to kill these animals is stipulated as an environmental crime in the Peruvian Criminal Code.

The pink dolphin is indigenous to the Amazon River and its tributaries in Guayana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: amazon; dolphins; peru; porpoisedrivenlife

1 posted on 05/02/2010 8:29:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

First an oil spill and now this. Liberal heads must be exploding!


2 posted on 05/02/2010 8:33:25 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (Had God not driven man from the Garden of Eden the Sierra Club surely would have.)
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To: nickcarraway

While sad, innocent human babies are “terminated” by the second without conscience or consequence (in this life at least).


3 posted on 05/02/2010 8:36:38 PM PDT by uncommonsense (Conservatives believe what they see; Liberals see what they believe.)
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To: uncommonsense

Perspective is good


4 posted on 05/02/2010 8:46:01 PM PDT by 999replies (Thune/Rubio 2012)
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To: uncommonsense

Babies who undergo saline abortions are poisoned and burned to death.


5 posted on 05/02/2010 10:49:40 PM PDT by Slyfox
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To: nickcarraway
I read something about this last night and had to find a picture to put with the article, as I thought others may be interested in seeing what one looks like... I had no idea there was even such a thing as Pink Dolphins in the Amazon!



I also discovered that there is (or was) apparently a Pink Bottlenose Dolphin (different species) found in Calcasieu Lake which is in Louisiana back in 2007. They believe that Dolphin was actually an albino...


6 posted on 05/03/2010 5:57:41 AM PDT by LibertyRocks (http://libertyrocks.wordpress.com ~ Anti-Obama Gear: http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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I had no idea there was even such a thing as Pink Dolphins in the Amazon!

I used to see pink elephants all the time, of course it was usually after those kegger parties I went to back in college.

7 posted on 05/03/2010 6:00:06 AM PDT by dfwgator
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I meant pink dolphins, it’s too early in the morning.


8 posted on 05/03/2010 6:00:55 AM PDT by dfwgator
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LOL — I think I’ve seen them a few times too! Of course it could be because my daughters loved Dumbo and watched it over and over again! LOL “Pink Elephants on Parade!!!” ;)


9 posted on 05/03/2010 6:08:25 AM PDT by LibertyRocks (http://libertyrocks.wordpress.com ~ Anti-Obama Gear: http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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To: dfwgator

Hey, it works either way, really! :)


10 posted on 05/03/2010 6:08:55 AM PDT by LibertyRocks (http://libertyrocks.wordpress.com ~ Anti-Obama Gear: http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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To: dfwgator
I used to see pink elephants all the time, of course it was usually after those kegger parties I went to back in college.

I woke up next to a few pink elephants in college.

11 posted on 05/03/2010 6:10:01 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("We beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
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To: Slyfox
I'm just finishing breakfast and my stomach just did a violent heave! Deep breath...

How utterly barbaric! I just cannot fathom how "people" can decide to make a career out of performing, over and over, the ritual slaughtering of perfectly alive, growing, unique, precious, and helpless human babies.

What kind of profound searing of one's conscience must occur in order to carry out this atrocity without breaking down mentally and spiritually?

12 posted on 05/03/2010 6:32:23 AM PDT by uncommonsense (Conservatives believe what they see; Liberals see what they believe.)
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To: LibertyRocks

They voted for Obama?


13 posted on 05/03/2010 10:22:19 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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LOL — Took me a second even though I call him ODumbo on occasion!


14 posted on 05/03/2010 5:00:08 PM PDT by LibertyRocks (http://libertyrocks.wordpress.com ~ Anti-Obama Gear: http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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To: uncommonsense
What kind of profound searing of one's conscience must occur in order to carry out this atrocity without breaking down mentally and spiritually?

People who work in abortion clinics are not the most happy or stable of individuals. Lots of drugs are used to make them forget what they really are doing.

I have a friend who once owned three clinics. When she saw the light she got out of the abortion business and has been speaking about her past life. She told me one time of going to a baby shower for a clinic worker around the time she, my friend, was on the verge of leaving the business. For the clinic staff to be celebrating the little life inside of one of them when they did everything they could to talk other women into letting them destroy their babies -- was a little more than my friend could take.

15 posted on 05/03/2010 5:09:00 PM PDT by Slyfox
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To: Slyfox
"I have a friend who once owned three clinics. When she saw the light she got out of the abortion business and has been speaking about her past life."

Praise the Lord! Only He can change our heart at the deepest level - turning our folly into fruit.

16 posted on 05/03/2010 6:00:07 PM PDT by uncommonsense (Conservatives believe what they see; Liberals see what they believe.)
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