Comments on: DOLPHIN PLAN A: LURE ‘EM OUT TO SEA

By: Yurp

Yurp — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:47:41 +0000

Well if all else fails I hear fresh dolphin makes a great tuna sandwich.

By: billbob

billbob — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:53:24 +0000

I can see how the construction would scary them, but what about the other 16 hours of the day. just saying, they dont hammer away 24hrs a day. whatever, I hope they leave or they get them out and go away.

Eric Cartman, "i like dolphins, on my sandwich with mayo"

By: I can't take much more

I can't take much more — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:25:38 +0000

C J Give me a break. You have to be one of the dopey people against the bridge. Your using the dolphins to further your hopeless cause. USC 1355 states that " using dolphins to stop government funded bridge projects is unlawful." Nice try though. Why don't you kayak out there and play dolphin whisperer. Let them know that they don't drive pilings at night. Since they swim almost 30 miles per hour, they should make the run in about 15 minutes, swimming at a moderate pace. They don't drive the pilings all night long, so you have a 12 to 15 hour window of escape. Lastly, isn't the water a dolphins natural habitat.

By: realist

realist — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:29:15 +0000

great. we have a federal law dealing with stranded Marine animals.

I'm glad our elected officials have so much time on their hands.

Maybe they could figure out how to rescue us.

By: C J

C J — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:50:28 +0000

The Ledger's Sept. 28, "Dolphin issue is puzzling"is not so puzzling. If the Ledger had followed local news and NBC's accounts on the plight of the Shrewsbury River Dolphins from it's conception, the Ledger would not be so befuddled.

Now that the disturbance from the demolition of the Rte. 36 Highlands Sea Bright Bridge is almost concluded, an estimated nine 54-inch piles will be driven into the river off the Highlands coast. Now 16 pier structures will require pounding of anywhere between nine and 24 piles each for the project.

All summer Highlands residents' complaints to State and Federal officials (funding the project) have fallen on deaf ears. The shaking chandeliers in homes, the noise from dawn to dusk, the poorly planned traffic grid and the disturbances are documented with officials and the bridge contractors.

You needn't be a rocket scientist to figure out that if this turmoil is disturbing to the residents on land that the dolphins with their sensitive sonar surely are going to avoid at all costs the under water disturbances, vibrations and noise. The new pile drivings surely will drive these wayward mammals back into inland waterways.

USC§§ 1362 defines "Stranding" as an event in the wild in which a dead marine mammal

is on a U.S. beach or shore or in U.S. waters; or an alive marine mammal is on a U.S. beach

or shore and either is unable to return to the water or is in need of apparent medical attention, or is in U.S. waters and unable to return to its natural habitat without assistance.

Section 1379 states that
"Where feasible, a marine mammal must be returned to its natural habitat."

It is about time and long over due for the Federal and State officials, to stay further bridge construction disturbances obstructing the only escape route the pod has to open waters and their survival.

With the river's food supply dwindling and water temperatures dropping, this is a matter of life and death for the Shrewsbury River dolphins

By: realist

realist — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:48:20 +0000

How much will this rescue plan cost the taxpayors?

These Dolphins apparently are not the bright ones. Should we be mwssing with naturual selection?

By: flipper

flipper — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:46:01 +0000

Aw, come on, you cynics. Don't you remember when Fair Haven's finest got a lot of great press for saving a few dogs out of the river in the last few years? Extending a hand to our dorsal-finned or 4 legged pals is okay do do every once in awhile. It's what makes us human. Let's root for the rescue…and then get back to the reality of watching our stocks sink.

By: Tater for FH council 08

Tater for FH council 08 — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:29:37 +0000

I'm told that Sea Tow is using them to tow stranded boats into the harbor when a storm is coming. This has not been confirmed.

By: Tater Salad 08

Tater Salad 08 — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:26:00 +0000

Tell them timmy is trapped in a cave and the tide is rising and he may drown. It worked on Flipper. I'm just sayin, you know.

By: I can't take much more.

I can't take much more. — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:33:21 +0000

Holy crap, if it were a herd of homeless people, you guys would let them starve and drown. Move on to something more productive. I don't see you relocating deer and there is a freshly killed deer almost every day I drive out of town. I've got an idea, why don't you call Obama, he could walk out there and ask them to leave.