Comments on: dPOD DOWN TO FIVE, AND FALLING http://www.redbankgreen.com/2009/01/dpod-down-to-five-and-falling.html Serving greater Red Bank, NJ - a town square for an unsquare town Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:09:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: BFrank http://www.redbankgreen.com/2009/01/dpod-down-to-five-and-falling.html/comment-page-1#comment-27637 BFrank Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:59:31 +0000 http://ads.redbankgreen.com/2009/01/dpod-down-to-five-and-falling.html#comment-27637 <p>I agree with the Avg Resident. We must let nature take its course. That means building no sea walls, stopping all beach replinishment projects and letting storms and hurricanes wash over Sea Bright. This would create natural cuts and inlets along what is now the shoreline. The dolphins could then just swim out to the ocean.</p> <p>We've kind of created this problem and locked them in by NOT letting nature run its course.</p> I agree with the Avg Resident. We must let nature take its course. That means building no sea walls, stopping all beach replinishment projects and letting storms and hurricanes wash over Sea Bright. This would create natural cuts and inlets along what is now the shoreline. The dolphins could then just swim out to the ocean.

We've kind of created this problem and locked them in by NOT letting nature run its course.

]]> By: ohwell http://www.redbankgreen.com/2009/01/dpod-down-to-five-and-falling.html/comment-page-1#comment-27636 ohwell Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:38:59 +0000 http://ads.redbankgreen.com/2009/01/dpod-down-to-five-and-falling.html#comment-27636 <p>Oh well! It was their fault anyway! </p> Oh well! It was their fault anyway!

]]> By: Marilynn http://www.redbankgreen.com/2009/01/dpod-down-to-five-and-falling.html/comment-page-1#comment-27635 Marilynn Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:54:00 +0000 http://ads.redbankgreen.com/2009/01/dpod-down-to-five-and-falling.html#comment-27635 <p>It is not a matter of whether or not these dolphins would effect the population. These dolphins are slowly starving and will probably freeze to death. This is a slow torture. There are other articles that say other groups are willing to pay for them to be saved (or at least try to save them). NOAA just refuses to give the "okay", and it doesnt cost them! If a pet owner froze or starve their pet, that person would go to jail. NOAA claims the dolphins are not candidates for intervention. What kind of dolphin researchers would choose to do nothing vs. try something? What are we paying government dolphin researchers to do if they wont help "research" a way to save starving dolphins? This is not a matter of "survival of the fittest". This is a group of trapped animals. ALL of them are in danger. For some reason they cannot find their way out of this river. It may not be the bridge, but they can't find their way out to the ocean to migrate south none the less. What is the harm in trying to save them? Who wants to watch animals slowly/painfully die?</p> It is not a matter of whether or not these dolphins would effect the population. These dolphins are slowly starving and will probably freeze to death. This is a slow torture. There are other articles that say other groups are willing to pay for them to be saved (or at least try to save them). NOAA just refuses to give the "okay", and it doesnt cost them! If a pet owner froze or starve their pet, that person would go to jail. NOAA claims the dolphins are not candidates for intervention. What kind of dolphin researchers would choose to do nothing vs. try something? What are we paying government dolphin researchers to do if they wont help "research" a way to save starving dolphins? This is not a matter of "survival of the fittest". This is a group of trapped animals. ALL of them are in danger. For some reason they cannot find their way out of this river. It may not be the bridge, but they can't find their way out to the ocean to migrate south none the less. What is the harm in trying to save them? Who wants to watch animals slowly/painfully die?

]]> By: Average Red Bank Resident http://www.redbankgreen.com/2009/01/dpod-down-to-five-and-falling.html/comment-page-1#comment-27634 Average Red Bank Resident Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:25:16 +0000 http://ads.redbankgreen.com/2009/01/dpod-down-to-five-and-falling.html#comment-27634 <p>As heartbreaking as this is, nature must run its course. The Highlands Bridge construction isn't to blame - construction isn't gong on 24/7. The bottlenose dolphin isn't endangered and this is an unfortunate incident. </p> <p>Populist environmentalism only protects "cute" animals like baby seals and dolphins. There are many more species in a lot more danger than these dolphins - focus your attention there.</p> As heartbreaking as this is, nature must run its course. The Highlands Bridge construction isn't to blame - construction isn't gong on 24/7. The bottlenose dolphin isn't endangered and this is an unfortunate incident.

Populist environmentalism only protects "cute" animals like baby seals and dolphins. There are many more species in a lot more danger than these dolphins - focus your attention there.

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