DOLPHINS

 

Content Points:

• Along with rainbows, they have become a symbol of a new age of love, peace, and harmony.
• Dolphins graced many forms of art in ancient societies. Killing a dolphin was punished by the death penalty.
• Dolphins have a unique ability called echolocation, and it enables dolphins to explore their environment over a wider distance than eyesight allows and to find their prey in a dark, watery world where sight is often of little use.
• Realizing, therefore, that financially rewarding catches of tuna fish await 25 those willing to take advantage of the tuna-dolphin bond.
• As a result, they (local people)  have to turn to whatever food sources remain, simply in order to survive, and the only available food is often dolphins.
• Pesticides, which are used to boost crop production in agricultural areas, pollute the nearby rivers, and the dolphins living there stand no chance against these powerful poisons.
• In many fishing communities, fish stocks – on which people have always depended – are dwindling.
• The sea provides their best food, but local people are unable to compete with the huge fishing vessels which have recently been sent into their waters by large international companies.
• Dolphins frequently become entangled in fishing nets used by local people whose overriding concern is feeding their families.
• In some countries, the construction of dams has led to the extinction of many species of river dolphins.
• The increase in noise caused by boats interferes with the dolphins’ hearing, reducing their ability to locate food.
• When rivers flow through areas where there are a lot of factories, these beautiful creatures can be poisoned by factory waste,
• The Chinese government has taken extensive and surprising measures to educate local people through films, posters, and even postage stamps.
• In one part of China, a nature reserve has been built to protect river dolphins.
• Nevertheless, through our arrogance and ignorance, we have already managed to cause tremendous harm to our environment.

SUMMARY:

River dolphins are under threat from many human activities because the methodS used by fishermen to catch fish from the rivers are getting wilder. These methods are non-environment friendly and cause a lot of harm to aquatic life. These practices result in the death of dolphins because the hooks don't see the fish genre, the harm is equal to all the fishes by these methods. 

Few techniques that fishermen use nowadays are as follows:

1. tuna-dolphin bond, is a well-known bond of these fishes so these locals use dolphins to catch and attract tuna fishes in their nets. 

2. another technique is strong fisher nets, these nets are very strong that dolphins can neither detect nor break, in local areas where people have nothing to eat so to survive they, unfortunately, catch dolphins as their food.

Not only on a larger scale sea dolphins but also river dolphins' lives are also in danger. Local or river dolphins are very frequently caught in those big nets spread all over the shores. These locals are not the ones to be blamed because it is their last source of food and if they have no dolphins to eat so they would die of hunger. there is no way the marine life welfare can help these poor with their food and educate them to not catch dolphins as their food. The ways of fishing are getting wider day y day every other group of people uses different methods to catch their prey. the increasing sounds of boats cause distractions to the hearing ability of dolphins which often cause them damage by being hit by rocks or boats. The throwing of industrial waste also causes water pollution and leads to damage to aquatic life. The poisonous pesticides used in agriculture and dams isolating dolphins in small groups, poisonous gases, and oils left in water everything together is causing the harm to the sweetest creature of water Dolphins and other fishes.

Majors have taken to prevent dolphins from dying and scattering Chinese Government took the lead and is setting an example by spreading awareness to their people that how to avoid killing dolphins, and local volunteers are educating their fishermen on new and helpful methods of fishing so that they can continue their works without harming dolphins. China is working on a very big project of saving all the distinct creatures like Panda and Dolphins etc which is going to be very fruitful for them as the tourist rate will be increased in coming future when these creatures will not be found in any other part of the world China will be having the large reserves and beautiful homes of these dolphins. We should also learn from these teachings from them and try to be more considerate in the case of dolphins after all they are the sign of harmony, peace, and love but also the living evidence of our past, present of future behaviors towards our planet. We have to work hard together to bring happiness and peace to our planet by saving the gifts given to us by the nature.

An essay summarized by DKA

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