blood cancer. he teamed with a researcher to look at the possible link of myeloma to the same toxins found in dolphin populations. he worked to curb the toxicity in the oceans, something he worked on until his death. thank you for being with us for cnn newsroom. i m george howell at the cnn center in atlanta. to our viewers in the united states, new day is next. for viewers around the world, state of america is ahead. heading west to where the sun sleeps
dolphins. another project in nuremberg is exploring electro reception recent research may have identified a sensory organ in some species of dolphin that registers electric fields and helps the dolphins locate prey the kind of research the scientists are doing here is only possible in a dolphinarium because the test animals have to go through months of training for the experiments lorenzo fanfares and says the core task of dolphinariums in the future will be research alice was. basically everything we know about echolocation was discovered in dolphin area. blocked that was fifty years ago and at the time nobody took it seriously. loped but it was absolutely key basic research does manhood s the time nowadays we can build on such findings to help animals in the wild and. we now count dolphin populations using acoustic technology. the claim is that basic research in dolphinariums can contribute to the protection of
future will be research alice was. basically everything we know about echolocation was discovered in dolphin areas and blocked that was fifty years ago and at the time nobody took it seriously. loped but it was absolutely key basic research doesn t want to nowadays we can build on such findings to help animals in the wild and. we now count dolphin populations using acoustic technology. the claim is that basic research in dolphinariums can contribute to the protection of free range dolphins in the world s oceans where they face so many threats from fishing noise and pollution but to help them must their cousins here live out their days in captivity. the topic of animal rights is one people have strong opinions about on facebook we asked how do you feel about captive dolphins and research. could reach or could be or it cool thought it was
many species are in trouble. we have species of dolphins that are depleted. that means their numbers are reduced. we have animals, dolphins and whale species that are threatening or endangered and these animals are getting hit by stressors, they re being captured for aquariums in certain parts of the world. not in the united states but other parts of the world actually break up dolphin populations in the wild to bring them in to the dolphin program for aquariums and despite the fact that we haven t done that in the united states, many countries still do it and my focus has been on the dolphin drive in japan which were highlighted in the film, the cove . which you had a part of. tell me about that. yes, so i ve been trying with many of my colleagues to stop these dolphin tribes in japan. these are brutal hunts and unjustifiable killings of dolphins where animals are brought in to this cove, herded in from the wild in their social groups and then they are massacred in the most
this is a devastating to the wildlife, initially to the bird, the marine birds especially. right. but down the road, ecologically, it s a potential for incredible devastation to the esuary system in louisiana, h this is the nursery ground for most of the fish species in the gulf, commercial, shrimp, crab, oysters, that will be impacted as well. then we have the marine mammal issue. we know in this slick, which is as you pointed out is huge. we have a population, one of the largest whales in the planet. and dolphin populations. the marine mammals in particular breathe the air water interface, breathing in the very toxic gasses the oil releases and has potential to do damage to the lungs. greg, the national academy of sciences was saying on a given day, somewhere between 1500 and