What are the dangers dolphins face?
• It is a dangerous time to be a dolphin! Every year thousands and thousands of dolphins are trapped in huge driftnets. They get caught up in the very strong, almost invisible nets. Then they drown. Dolphins are also killed when they are hauled in in nets set around schools of tuna. • In some parts of the world dolphins are deliberately killed by fishermen because they eat the fish they want to catch. Luckily, in other places fishermen see dolphins as friends. There are even reports of dolphins and fishermen working together to catch fish! • In the Faroe Islands each year hundreds of Pilot Whales (a type of dolphin) are driven into very shallow water and killed horribly. Some of them are chopped up to be eaten and the rest are left to rot. Even pregnant females are killed. There is a big campaign to try to stop this dreadful slaughter happening. Some people are refusing to buy anything, especially fish, from the Faroe Islands until the killing is stopped. • Many scientists believe that
