Publish Photos Of Dolphins In Gulf Oil Spill

A pod of bottlenose dolphins swims in the oily water of Chandeleur Sound on May 6. Five days later, six dead dolphins were found along the Gulf Coast. Officials were investigating oil's role in the deaths. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


We know that dolphins hang around the coastal areas as well as out in the areas of the gulf and we know they certainly swim where the Deep Horizon oil rig used to pump oil. Unlike other fish dolphins and whales have to come to the surface to get air. They have to get air this way or they will suffocate and at some point in the vicinity of these expansive oil spill blobs they must surface for air. When they do they will surface and they will take oil into their spouts and since oil does not wash off they will try again and again and not because they are stupid but because they want to breathe and live. But each time oil will run into their spouts and then they will suffocate. I wanted to ignore this reality but I know it is happening and I want to see the pictures of it because I do not want this pathetic injustice of man to go unnoticed by man but I also know that much of it will, if not by repression of photos, by the very fact that much of this occurs below the ocean surface where dolphins eventually die from suffocation and sink to the bottom. I know there are photos of dolphins trying to surface for air and photos of dolphins swimming through the oil muck and I want to see these photos exposed. I want to see the trails of whales as they do the same but I do not want these things to be happening. In my heart I want to cry out "run free, run far away from this dangerous place" and even believe these beautiful creatures of the sea are listening but I know a positive approach of denial will only lead to more suffering and more foot dragging in this mess so I want to see the horror of it in the American public's face so they will so loudly speak out in protest that congress will blow all this crap wide open. Just as dogs are man's best friend on the land, dolphins have been considered man's best friend in the sea. They are the best ambassadors for the creatures of the sea and in their deaths they will be the best advocates for getting on top of all this and making sure this never happens again.