Stop Slaughter of Endangered Pink Dolphin In Amazon
Environment, Petitions — By Kara Foran on January 31, 2012 8:27 amTarget: The Brazilian Institute of Environmental and Renewable Resources (IBAMA)
Goal: Prevent The Amazon River’s Pink Dolphins from being slaughtered and endangered by fishermen.
Environmental law enforcement along the Amazon River is short-handed when policing the vast amount of determined fishermen that catch their profits there every day. As a result, fishermen openly hunt the Amazon’s endangered pink dolphin, cutting off its fin to use as bait for reeling in other fish. Fishermen generally have little opposition killing the dolphin, as the animal poses a threat to business, serving both as a nuisance as well as fishing competition.
The pink dolphin’s fin serves is the most lucrative baiting material, which is why fishermen insist on slaughtering the dolphin. The New York Times quotes one fishermen stating, “I have harpooned some just to be mean,” and then describes how the fishermen lifted “a harpoon to demonstrate how he would spear dolphins at close range.”
In addition to the fierce battle between dolphin and fishermen, pollution, hydroelectric dams, and the dangerous propellers on fishing boats are all part of a list of dangers that contribute to the pink dolphin’s demise. But, a lack of compassion from fishermen and locals alike has a deep impact on the dolphins’ rate of endangerment. Also, regulators are desperately swimming upstream to prevent such frequent instances of illegal fishing. According to the New York Times, IBAMA, Brazil’s environmental protection agency, only has 1,300 regulators for the entire country. But, the Amazon region alone is larger than India, providing a stark perspective on how little resources IBAMA has to monitor the river.
The pink dolphins of the Amazon are yet another casualty of competitive and merciless overfishing. Brazilians are killing an animal that is part of their country’s ancient myth and folklore, but this kind animal so ingrained in Brazil’s culture and environment will soon face extinction. Please sign below to demand adequate policing of illegal fishing tactics throughout the Amazon River.
PETITION LETTER
Dear IBAMA,
The pink dolphin has been a long-time sufferer of crude fishing tactics in the Amazon River. While fishermen kill the dolphin to increase their profits, what may have a deeper impact on this issue is the fishermen’s and locals’ outright apathy, and sometimes disdain toward the dolphin and its survival.
I urge IBAMA to increase its police force, since its approximately 1,300 environmental regulators are no match for the number of fishermen illegally slaughtering wildlife. I also urge IBAMA to expand its regulation tactics, especially in areas where locals have little to no concern and education regarding species endangerment and conservation efforts.
The pink dolphin is just one of the many species suffering from overfishing, pollution, and general slaughter. Please do not let an animal so kind, and so embedded in Brazilian folklore, continue to be speared, disregarded, and endangered.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
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People that kill intelligent, sentient beings to “be mean” should be locked up for the remainder of their lives – this must be stopped!
Are all Brazilians cruel and heartless? Bring in a protection law and deal severely with the murderers.
No,They are not Sue.It’s just the fish men that live by the Amazon River..The Indians do try to Stop it from happening.Because the pink Dolphin are very MYSTICAL. and MAGICAL CREATURES..To most of the Brasilian people.The people OF Brasil are BIG time Animal Lovers like, in England, and some other countrys in the west.But i am sure that IBAMA will put an end to it soon.I pray for them everyday..
“Just to be mean” ??? I hope with all my heart that Life will be mean to those who are doing this… Disgusting people, should disapear from the surface of the earth.
Man is so repulsively stupid…
Hi,
I’m brasilian and I agree this is repulsive! I can’t believe this. But, is stupid too said ‘all brasilian cruel and heartless’. I think all of people around the world are stupid, cruel and heartless. You should watch the movie – The Cove. American people financial to killing dolphins in Japan, for Disney, Sea World, a lot of shows, and them made money, a lot of money with this! In Denmark, those peoples killed whales just for fun and tradition. We have murderes worldwide. So, you should analyze before said this things and look better your country. Because in Brazil (I don’t want to justify!) but those people don’t have education and are ignorant too. But here, in USA, almost everybody have better education.
I completely agree with you i couldnt say it better if i tried. It is wrong to blame one whole country when this a world wide problem instead of blaming someone elses country try investigating your own if there are cruel killings like this rally a protest you have a much bigger chance protesting in your own country than someone elses!!
I agree with you completely also. The U.S. has some of the worst factory farming practices on earth. Billions of animals are raised in horrific conditions which cause them to suffer every day of their lives. I bet a lot of these ignorant people who are posting support that kind of gratuitous, inexcusable cruelty either by eating the meat or remaining silent while family and friends do so. I hate to see any animal suffer and these animals should be protected — but before we go throwing stones, we should be looking to see what’s happening in our own backyard.
Education and law enforcement are surely the answer. To see that beautiful being’s body in that boat my heart just breaks. Please sign the petition.
If it’s not being fully used, it’s not appropriate to kill it. These cetaceans aren’t being eaten by the fishermen and don’t compete as much as they think with legitimate fishing, and should be left alone. Nothing wrong with figuring out some sort of oil to add to ordinary chum bait to enhance it for results similar to the fin, as long as the fish being taken are not overfished.
It is hard to believe that a civilized human being would want to kill these magnificent creatures. Un-fkg real…
I am Brazilian, and no, Sue Griffiths, we are not all cruel and heartless. I love all animals and could never hurt them. I find this cruelty unspeakable and think this fisherman should rot in jail, or better, be harpooned!
so disgusting and evil, curel the way MAN is treating the Worlds animls. its just getting worse and worse.
Humans, CIVILIZED? Hmmm, pretty soon, we wont be “on the top of the food chain”, we will be all that is left if we keep the slaughter of animals (all types) to continue. According to Nature Conservancy & world wildlife fund, there are so few tigers (yea, regular TIGERS), they are already endangered. I guess we wont see them in the wild, but zoos, what a life, same for polar bears…really sucks.
Please PLease stop that KILLING!
It’s certain that an atom of goodness on the path of faith is never lost! ~ RUMI
there are too many monsters that take delight in slaughtering the most beautiful beings in the world.all animals must be protected from the bloody hands of man.
life of wild animals itself is hard enough … why must they be hunted and tortured to death additionally by human beings?
Dr. Veit Sorge, I agree with you, it’s so very sad!
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