7 - Friday, March 3, 1989 - North Shore News

Reader
defends
Hunter's
stance

Dear Editor:

Captain R.H. Hall, who criti-
cized Bob Hunter’s excellent anal-
ysis of whales in captivity, ob-
viously knows little about the sub-
ject. His letter is loaded with of-
fensive attacks on Hunter’s abili-
ties and integrity in an attempt to
try and get his weak arguments
across.

Captain Hall first makes the
statement that ‘‘the knowledge
that has been amassed, on killer
whales particularly, can only be
obtained by studving them in an
aquarium type environment.’” This
is garbage. Numerous studies have
been and are being carried out in
the wild. Has Captain Hall never
heard of people like noted
cetologist Dr. Paul Spong, who
literally Jived among the whales in
an attempt to understand them
better?

And what does Captain Hall
mean when he says that watching
whales in the wild for most people
is nearly impossible? Has he never
heard of the guides on Vancouver
Island, in California and other
parts of the world who make a liv-
ing out of introducing the public to
whales in their own environment?

Captain Hall also states that
zoos and aquariums are the last
line of defence for animals which
are near extinction. Has he never
heard of international organiza-
tions like Greenpeace whose
members are right now risking
their lives to prevent the Japanese
whaling factories from slaughter-
ing Minke whales in the Antarctic?
What about The Whale Project, a
consortium of organizations which
have joined together to urge the
Canadian government to support a
commercial whaling moratorium?

Before he publicly ridicules
knowledgeable people like Bob
Hunter while making absolutely no
reference to organizations trying to
save whales and study them for no
monetary gain, | suggest Captain
Hall study his subiect a lot more
thoroughly.

Trisha Mason-Bell, North Varn.

Where's the
overpass?

Dear Editor:

At the risk of inviting another
threatened resignation from North
Vancouver-Capilano's ‘‘card-
board’? MLA, I must ask why the
recent announcement about the
Upper Levels Highway only dealt
with the Lonsdale intersection. Is it
not just as important to build an
overpass at Westview?

Both of these intersections are
dangerous and annoying. One
overpass without the other would
be a half-baked remedy, but then
we expect that from the current
government.

Jeremy Daiton
North Vancouver

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