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DEATH OF WHALE

Reader slams Hunter

on aquariu

OPEN LETTER TO BOB HUNTER

I feel compelled to write you with regard to your
column in the Dec. 21, 1988 edition of the North
Shore News.

The loss of the baby Orca recently at the aquarium
was felt by all who have any compassion at all. Your
article, however, in my opinion does nothing to or for
the whales except to make you look like a fool and to
slander a knowledgeable, dedicated group of in-
dividuals who make their work the study and better-
ment of these remarkable animals.

I am a commercial fisherman who spends a great
deal of time each year at sea where I am privileged to
see first-hand several species of these creatures. I
never cease to be amazed at how graceful and power-
ful these whales are and how little we know about
them.

The knowledge that has been amassed, on killer
whales particularly, can only be obtained by study in
an aquarium-type environment. The fact that some of
the large expenses incurred are offset by the public's

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nearly-impossible-to-see-in-the-wild event should be
commended not ridiculed as you have done.

The peaple who are involved are professionals and
deserve to be paid in accordance with their education
and abilities. Your inference that they are only inter-
ested in money is tripe, as a far greater injustice has
been committed if you received any remuneration for
the garbage in your article.

This is the first time 1 have been moved to write in
response to an article | have read. The people at zoos
and aquariums are probably the last line of defence
for animals which are near extinction and I believe
that you owe the people at the aquarium an apology
and retraction.

It is irresponsible journalism such as you have writ-
ten about the whales and the aquarium that does more
harm to the animals than the captive environment
they are in; you really should be ashamed.

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