Comments on: Summoning hither the dolphins

By: shaun choo

shaun choo — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:39:05 +0000

damn sentosa for capturing wild bottlenose dolphins.poor dolphins have to be kept in captivity. sentosa you are a stinkin evil place.

By: eunice

eunice — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:31:23 +0000

Heyy all.
Firstly, this is really inhumane. How can they capture dolphins and trained them for their own purpose? This is pure cruel. Controlling their life &freedom.
I agree with several sayings above & also, set up a discussion board about this topic. Hopefully, we can get aas much people to speak up for the poor dolphins, pressurise the RWS. &let them free them, &also, the whale sharks..

By: Jin Pyn

Jin Pyn — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 00:10:53 +0000

If the general public places pressure against the import, Resorts World will have to resort to not importing the dolphins. Firstly, it’ll be very bad for their reputation and brand, and secondly, that and public disdain towards the display means bad economic returns.
Can we start a worldwide petition like it was done for the whale shark? On Facebook Causes?

By: Jaki Teo

Jaki Teo — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:03:18 +0000

Hi all, thank you for your interest.
CITES as an international organisation is entire self-policed, so even if the Philippines CITES Scientists have evidence that the import from the Solomon Islands was illegal under CITES regulations, the Singapore CITES council and the CITES Secretary-General can still decide to issue permits and ignore the scientific recommendations.
Ignoring CITES scientific recommendations is against the CITES principles but the economic benefits to both sides are clearly what the decision-makers care more about.
If anybody wants more information you can come to the Sea Shepherd booth at Asia Dive Expo this weekend or email me :)

By: Philip

Philip — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:25:01 +0000

I read through the article. It doesn’t prove any wrong doing. Opinion is not the same as evidence, and only opinions are stated, not evidence. Environmentalist bull as usual.

By: Kelvin Tan

Kelvin Tan — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:27:34 +0000

You must understand, it was the dolphin and the whale that was responsible for the bombings in Singapore during World War 2.

The Japanese were nice enough to send us a picture that clearly shows a dolphin and a whale flying the bomber during 1942. We were so grateful to them that we ended the war with the Japanese immediately in 1945.

Fxxx you dolphin and Fxxx you whale!

By: Willow

Willow — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:06:31 +0000

I donate to SPCA every year. Will find out more about ACRES now. Glad they spoke up against Sentosa. I suggest we keep Mr Cham in an enclosure for a year and make him perform tricks for the public to earn his meals. Enough said.

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:00:14 +0000

RWS: “They argued that having the dolphins in the park would educate the public on the beauty of marine animals, particularly among urban-bred Singaporeans.”
Is this the same way that having sharks will educate urban-bred Singaporeans about the unsustainability and inhumae practice of shark-finning and shark fin soup?

By: HL

HL — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:46:35 +0000

Jia Wen, tks for a good read, honestly didn’t know that there are a number of legal interventions to the “involuntary migration” of dolphins.
However, see it as a case of the Philippines CITES Scientific Authority not talking to the CITES Secretariat, otherwise there would be no permits issued to begin with. Feels very gahmen, which makes me think there could be a mountain of paperwork to swim thru before the permit is revoked. Hopefully, the dolphins would not be in Sg by then.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:10:57 +0000

U can see, but can’t touch them. Too bad

By: Who moved mousy's cheese?

Who moved mousy's cheese? — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:51:56 +0000

I cant wait to see you in an underwater cage!

By: RW

RW — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:53:47 +0000

the irony.. if a singaporean never sees a dolphin (in captivity), how will they ever care?

By: Mousy shout

Mousy shout — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:28:11 +0000

I can’t wait to see the cute dolphins !

By: Zheng Xi

Zheng Xi — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:13:51 +0000

Is it possible to write representations to CITES secretariat asking for a clarification of the legal status of the Solomon Island-Subic bay dolphins? can the Philippine CITES scientific authority facilitate that process? Once you get the declaration of illegality from CITES perhaps that can be the starting point to question the contract of sale to RWS. I’d be happy to help in any way possible.