Deep water sonar blamed for mass dolphin deaths
Deep water sonar blamed for mass dolphin deaths
Wed, 04 Apr 2012 3:22p.m.
Environmentalists in Peru are warning that an unprecedented number of dead dolphins are washing up on the country's shores because of the use of deep water sonar systems by the shipping industry.
It follows the discovery of 615 of the mammals in the last few weeks along a 135km stretch of coastline.
As many as 3,000 dead dolphins have been found since the beginning of Peru's summer.
Researchers at the Organisation for the Conservation of Aquatic Animals (ORCA), a Peruvian marine animal conservation organisation, said that ships using deep water sonar are to blame for the mass deaths.
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"We have been noting that the animals were suffering from acute decompression syndrome - that is to say, a violent death produced by an acoustic boom that disorients the animal and produces haemorrhages which cause the animal to end up dying on the beach," said ORCA director Dr Carlos Yaipen.
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> "We have been noting that the animals were suffering from acute decompression syndrome
> - that is to say, a violent death produced by an acoustic boom that disorients the animal
> and produces haemorrhages which cause the animal to end up dying on the beach"
