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Rare dolphin 'beaten to death' in Bangladesh
AFP ^
| Jan. 31, 2008
Posted on 01/31/2008 4:50:25 PM PST by Alouette
DHAKA (AFP) An extremely rare river dolphin has been beaten to death by fishermen in southern Bangladesh.
Fishermen at Mongla, near the Sunderbans mangrove forest, netted a Ganges river dolphin on Monday and beat it to death as they had not seen this kind of creature before, the state-run BSS news agency said Tuesday.
A group then tried to sell it as a rare fish, before giving up and dumping it outside a museum.
The Sunderbans area straddles the borders of Bangladesh and India's West Bengal state and lies on the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta. According to the World Wildlife Fund, there are just 1,200-1,800 such dolphins alive.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bangladesh; diversity; dolphin; endangered; porpoisedrivenlife; science
Where is PETA?
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posted on
01/31/2008 4:50:28 PM PST
by
Alouette
To: Alouette
PETA is busy, killing cats;)
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posted on
01/31/2008 4:57:56 PM PST
by
mdittmar
(May God watch over those who serve,and have served,to keep us free)
To: Alouette
According to the World Wildlife Fund, there are just 1,200-1,800 1,199-1,799 such dolphins alive.
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posted on
01/31/2008 5:05:08 PM PST
by
Squeako
(Clothespin Republicans: Holding our noses for lousy candidates since 1988.)
To: Alouette
Peta Wilson is busy with me...
To: Alouette; ExTexasRedhead; SJackson; SandRat; metmom
The Religion of Peace strikes again.
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posted on
01/31/2008 5:13:54 PM PST
by
Clintonfatigued
(You can't be serious about national security unless you're serious about border security)
To: Alouette
You know, this is one nutty world we live in, when some fishermen can kill one fish on a river in friggin’ Bangladesh, and it makes world news.
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posted on
01/31/2008 5:15:34 PM PST
by
squidly
To: Alouette
Aren’t Muslims supposed to live in harmony with nature, as opposed to the evil capitalist infidel West?
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posted on
01/31/2008 5:16:06 PM PST
by
denydenydeny
(Expel the priest and you don't inaugurate the age of reason, you get the witch doctor--Paul Johnson)
To: Alouette
There are stupid people everywhere.
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posted on
01/31/2008 5:30:56 PM PST
by
swmobuffalo
(The only good terrorist is a dead terrorist.)
To: Alouette
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posted on
01/31/2008 5:54:17 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Alouette
Bangladeshis doing the job Starkist fisherman won't?
j/k
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posted on
01/31/2008 5:57:24 PM PST
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
(To Err Is Human. To Arr is Pirate. To Unnngh! is Freeper.)
To: Alouette
X-Files, "Arcadia":
Win Shroeder: "Sweetheart? Did you use the dolphin-safe tuna this time?"
Cami Shroeder: "Dolphin-safe all the way, Honey."
Win Shroeder: "We always use the dolphin-safe."
Mulder: "You've got to love those dolphins... although they're pretty tasty, too."
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posted on
01/31/2008 6:02:54 PM PST
by
TChad
To: Alouette
...beat it to death as they had not seen this kind of creature before, Interesting mindset. Can't recognize it, so kill it.
No thoughts of taking it (live) to a marine biologist for identification. Just hammer it to death.
How Mohammedan of them.
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posted on
01/31/2008 6:40:33 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Mr. Mojo
They merely follow their instincts. It is rtheir nature.
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posted on
01/31/2008 7:11:19 PM PST
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: squidly
Dolphins ain’t fish. They’re mammals and as such register obvious signs of pain and suffering and it speaks to the stupidity and savagery of a person to beat something like that to death (if you’re going to kill it, why not cut it’s throat or something?)
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posted on
01/31/2008 7:23:25 PM PST
by
Skywalk
(Transdimensional Jihad!)
To: Alouette
It was gay...
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posted on
01/31/2008 9:10:25 PM PST
by
AndrewB
To: Alouette
Article on here a couple of days ago where researchers found that dolphins actually murder some of their own. Like Flipper with tatoos and a switch blade.
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posted on
01/31/2008 9:13:22 PM PST
by
CaptRon
(Pedicaris alive or Raisuli dead)
To: Snickering Hound
What's the La Femme Nikita star (Peta Wilson) been doing lately, eh?
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posted on
01/31/2008 9:57:34 PM PST
by
Ciexyz
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