FormlessOne said:
They're good, but if that dolphin was as smart as people say they are it would just swim the other way instead of into the net
if you've ever seen the nets they use up close you'd know that drag nets like that are next to impossible to see under water. the blue and sunlight clashes with the white and gray of the nets to create something that looks almost like sunbeams jutting through the water. and since sunbeams are a common site under water most animals assume they can swim through it. just as a fly can't really see a spider's web sea creatures can't really see the net, and even if they can how many of em know what a net is, or what it does? dolphin are smart, they also have a very large brain capacity, and can learn things through experience, but is a dolphin never experiences the net a dolphin will not know. and those who do experience it die. it's a lose lose situation. and sure drag netting is banned in most waters it's still practised and used on a constant basis.
the job of a commercial fisherman is the #1 high risk job out there. the chance of injury, death, or massive finacial loss is great. and the fact is they use drag netting to catch all they can, and who can blame them really? i mean they make maybe 5 cents for every like ten fish they sell, so they've got to do what they've got to do. it's a case of the fisherman being in need, the dolphins being killed, and money on both sides. it costs more money to fish without dragnetting, and you're a lot less likely to catch a thing. so a fisherman assumes that a few dolphin's lives are worth the few extra pennies and he saves a few bucks on keeping the old illegal nets. it's all about money in the end snd no painting, no amount of PETA marches, no amount of government bans are gonna change the fact that there's just not enough money.