Luke Ney

"The photo identification of the dolphins is a necessary and important part of protecting the various populations of dolphins along Peru’s coastline.  While simple in theory—identifying individual animals by the unique shape, cuts and markings of the dorsal fin—the process of taking pictures is actually quite challenging.  Prior to taking my first tour with Mundo Azul to see dolphins near Pucusana I had no idea how difficult it would be to take pictures of the animals ...
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Naomi A. Rose

Humane Society International (HSI) is working with Mundo Azul to promote responsible ecotourism in the marine environment, a relatively undeveloped area in the Peruvian tourism industry (which to date has focused more on the rainforest and on cultural sites such as Machu Picchu ). Illegal dolphin killing for meat still threatens Peruvian dolphins and the promotion of these charismatic animals as a source of tourism revenue will hopefully offer fishermen an economically viable alternative to killing them ...
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