Dolphin row goes worldwide
Australia tries to block sale of animals to Mexican tourist resort
A diplomatic row is brewing over the case of 100 dolphins that are being flown half way across the world to their new home in a Mexican tourist resort.
The dolphins are to be airlifted from the Solomon Islands, where the animals are held in deep respect; 30 of the beasts were yesterday taken to their new home at the Parque Nizuc resort, in the Mexican resort of Cancun.
Environmentalists are concerned that exporting such a large number of dolphins could permanently deplete local stocks, and authorities in Australia have already asked the Mexican government to stop the deal going ahead.
The Daily Telegraph reports that any attempts to stop the export have been met with a tough response; journalists trying to photograph the dolphins have been chased away by local gangs and even the British High Commissioner for the Solomons, Brian Baldwin, has reportedly been chased away while taking photographs.
The newspaper reports that the Solomon Islands is not a signatory to the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (Cites) – Mexico, by way of contrast, is a member.
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