dolphins

Whether it is polar bears, primates or parkland, the belief that all living things deserve equality of rights is heating up. In fact, a group of scientists now believe dolphins should have the same rights as humans based on their intelligence. Lori Marino, a zoologist at Emory University in Atlanta, made international headlines for her recent work on dolphin intelligence. Using MRI scans, Marino compared the brains of dolphins to primates revealing that dolphins are the second most intelligent creatures on earth after the human.

Once a year, in a secret cove in Taiji, Japan thousands of dolphins are driven into a hidden area behind fences and barbed wire. Then trainers from marine parks around the world fly in and pick their favorites and pay extraordinary prices for the dolphins. The public is allowed to watch the trainers select their dolphins, but not when the remaining creatures are herded into another area and slaughtered. It is estimated that each year Japanese fishermen slaughter more than 20,000 dolphins. The struggle to stop the slaughter is documented in The Cove.

Animal communicator and author of An Exchange of Love, Madeleine Walker, talks about her experience of swimming with sea creatures. "Over the past few years I have been lucky enough to be able to travel in search of wild encounters with some of the worlds most incredible and awe inspiring creatures. The more I connected with the different species, the more I realised that they each had a very unique and wonderful purpose and message for helping mankind and the planet," she explains. Visit: http://www.greenmuze.com/blogs/guest-bloggers/723-swimming-with-sea-crea...