Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Dolphin export set to go ahead

The controversial export of live dolphins from the Solomon Islands to Dubai is all set to go ahead after a judge dismissed an environmental group's legal bid to stop the shipment.


The application for an injunction preventing the air shipment this week of 28 olphins was rejected in the High Court in Honiara, environmental campaigner Lawrence Makili said. But he warned that if the export, to a Dubai marine park, went ahead Solomons tuna products would be boycotted by tuna buyers around the world. The dolphin shipment has been organized by Canadian Chris Porter who operates a dolphin park on the island of Gavutu, near Honiara.


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