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India Declares Dolphins Non-Human Persons, Bans Holding Them in Captivity

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By: Realfarmacy.com, 08/07/2013

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Cetaceans should be regarded as non-human persons with their own rights and therefore it is morally unacceptable to keep them in captivity – this is the new ruling by the Government of India, which in a landmark decision has taken an important first step in establishing global animal welfare rights.

 

The decision was taken by India’s Minister of the Environment and Forests, who banned dolphin shows. All Indian states have been warned by the Government to reject proposals to hold dolphin shows or open dolphinariums, be these requests public or private.

 

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Dolphins call each other by name

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“Our results present the first case of naming in mammals, providing a clear parallel between dolphin and human communication.” – Marine biologist Vincent Janik

Scientists at the University of St Andrews have shown that bottlenose dolphins can use copying of signature whistles as a way of addressing or labelling animals on an individual basis.

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Dolphins are more than just mammals.

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India bans captive dolphin shows, says dolphins should be seen as ‘non-human persons’



India's Minstry of the Environment and Forests released a statement banning "any person / persons, organizations, government agencies, private or public enterprises that involves import, capture of cetacean species to establish for commercial entertainment, private or public exhibition and interaction purposes whatsoever.”

In so doing, India became the largest of four countries to ban the practice -- which includes Costa Rica, Hungary, and Chile. But the ministry didn't stop there; their thoughtful reasoning behind the ban seems squarely aimed at the dozens of countries across the globe, like in Europe and the United States, where dolphin shows are big business.

“Whereas cetaceans in general are highly intelligent and sensitive, and various scientists who have researched dolphin behavior have suggested that the unusually high intelligence; as compared to other animals means that dolphin should be seen as ‘non-human persons’ and as such should have their own specific rights and is morally unacceptable to keep them captive for entertainment purpose,” reads the ministry's statement.

My Spiritual Visitors at my Beach Camping Trip

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Healing and Love posted on June 24, 2013 by Andy Bojarsk

Hello Everyone.  I was gone this weekend camping In Carlsbad, California on the beach with family and friends.  I wanted to share some beautiful pictures I took while I was there on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  I saw dolphins and seals in the ocean, a large violet orb around flying seagulls, and an angel in the sky that visited me for a few hours.

The angel was directly above me in the sky and was very large with it’s energy clearly visible to me.  I just kept talking to it and could not stop smiling.  It was truly amazing to see and experience all of this.  The sunset pictures below are breath taking.

I wish all of you were there to see this.  Life is beautiful and I am so grateful to be alive during these amazing shifting times.  I hope you enjoy the pictures.  Click on the picture for full view.  Sending all of you lots of love and many blessings…

Andy

Gulf of Mexico Whales, Dolphins Protected from Industry’s High-Intensity Airgun Surveys in Landmark Agreement

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Today, a coalition of conservation groups (the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Gulf Restoration Network, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Sierra Club) announce a major settlement agreement with the Department of the Interior and oil and gas industry representatives, to protect whales and dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico from high-intensity airgun surveys. The settlement requires new safeguards, including putting biologically important areas off-limits, expanding protections to additional at-risk species, and requiring the use of listening detection devices to better ensure surveys do not injure endangered sperm whales. The agreement was filed in the case of NRDC v. Jewell, in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Underwater Birth and Dolphins

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Some 20 years ago, after developing and confirming the benefits of water birth, Igor Tscharkofsy began to birth human babies in the Black Sea with the dolphins.  Some of the reported occurrences include a mother and a baby playing with the dolphins within 45 minutes of the birth, another instance of a free dolphin escorting a newborn human baby to the surface for its first breath.  According to Igor Smirnoff, their research director, water babies develop six months faster over their first two years and development of waking, talking etc. occur earlier.  According to Elena Tonetti, who managed the Black Sea birth project for several years, the children are also ambidextrous.

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Living Life with Porpoise ; )

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Ever watch the way dolphins swim through the water? How they come up for breaths, and go back under, up and down, up and down,  almost like a wave of themselves as they swim? That breath at the surface that they are taking is voluntary; in fact they have to will the blowhole to open, not like us where the breathing is automatic. In water, open blowholes would take water in on dives, so everything is forceably blown OUT, and then quickly breathed IN. This way of swimming is called porpoising, as there are no other creatures that swim quite like this.

Dolphins live in two realms: beneath the surface of the water, but also some time is spent above in the process of getting air and breathing.

Humans are like this also. We have Spirit that we need to take in, and is a part of every cell in our body. Think of it like oxygen but like the life-giving gas, Spirit is something essential that we need and also cannot see. When we breathe, Spirit is coming in to us just like air. I am not sure exactly how our light body and our Vibration processes it, but it is so.

Like the dolphin bound to life in water, humans are bound through the body to life on Earth. We need food, light, shelter, and our society to survive. Dolphins have a highly evolved social structure too.

The point of this blog post is to emphasize the importance of play. Dolphins are seen swimming, breathing, hunting and eating but always having fun. If you look at them they are always smiling!

Remember to bring genuine pleasure and play into your daily activities. Not the 'fun' like going to the movies and a club. But real fun, like the way Weird Al Yankovic raises his eyebrows at the camera to make us laugh.

 

Meditation and Visualization experiences

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I was feeling weird yesterday so I took the afternoon off work. After running some errands I came home. It was unbearable for me to sit inside so I sat out on our swing on the back porch and listened to the rain come down on our metal awning. It was incredibly peaceful.

There were some awesome cloud formations. The first one I saw was a low, dark, misty sort of cloud. I literally thought it was the Dark Mark at first. I watched it for a little while. Then Josh came out and I talked to him for a few moments. I looked back and it was all but gone. Only a few wisps remained.

A little while later another cloud caught my eye to the west. I can't even explain what it looked like. A light cloud in front of a darker cloud. And then all of a sudden it looked like a dolphin shaped cloud came out from behind the light cloud. It was really surreal. I'm fairly certain I was watching with my jaw dropped. The "tail" of the cloud even seemed to be kicking like a dolphin would!

I came inside a little after that as it had stopped raining. And also, I was hungry. It started raining a little while later after that and the sun was out! There was a gorgeous rainbow. It was a perfect ending to the day.

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I also meditated outside in the rain for the first time ever. First time ever meditating outside. I guess it was just a bonus that it was raining. So peaceful. I started out with a greeting to any other beings who might be listening. I started out with a few mantras -- whatever came to me at the time, but I finally settled on the following:

I am pure energy. Pure being. Pure light. Pure love.

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

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I just finished the meditation on Sunday In my time zone. At the end, I saw a beautiful rainbow sweeping from right to left. Iz started singing Over the Rainbow. As he did, he reached his hand across the sky and pulled back a curtain from left to right. Behind the curtain was everything I had ever dreamed of, rainbows and unicorns and dolphins and fairies and fountains and flowers...the colors were more beautiful than anything I could ever imagine! Iz smiled as the tears ran down my face. I asked him if he found his family when he died. He said yes. And he had slimmed down, but for today he made himself real fat so I would know it was him, he said, gently laughing. I told him his music had given me hope in dark times, and I thanked him. He said his music was a gift calling everyone home. He slimmed back down a little right there in front of me, 'so I can walk'. And I took it all in, the wonder of the world without fear, the world which is to come, is here already. I am filled with great peace and joy. Namaste.

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