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Gag order issued in Dolphins Death Probe !

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Government Tightens Lid on Dolphin Death Probe

Leigh Coleman Reuters

March 25, 2011

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BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) – The U.S. government is keeping a tight lid on its probe into scores of unexplained dolphin deaths along the Gulf Coast, possibly connected to last year’s BP oil spill, causing tension with some independent marine scientists.

       

Wildlife biologists contracted by the National Marine Fisheries Service to document spikes in dolphin mortality and to collect specimens and tissue samples for the agency were quietly ordered late last month to keep their findings confidential.

The gag order was contained in an agency

A number of scientists said they have been personally rebuked by federal officials for “speaking out of turn”
Marine Mammal Stranding Network complained such constraints undermine the transparency

“It throws accountability right out the window,” one biologist involved in tracking dolphin deaths for more than 20 years told Reuters on condition of anonymity. “We are confused and … we are angry because they claim they want teamwork, but at the same time they are leaving the marine experts out of the loop completely.”

“We are treating the evidence, which are the dolphin samples, like a murder case,” said Dr. Erin Fougeres, a marine biologist with the Fisheries Service. “The chain of custody is being closely watched. Every dolphin sample is considered evidence in the BP case now.”

As of this week, scientists have counted nearly 200 bottlenose dolphin carcasses found since mid-January along the shores of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida, about half of them newly born or stillborn infants.

SOURCE: whnt.com/

Click here to read the original letter from NOAA. .pdf

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And it not just the dophins…Turtles ! and more !

Letter cites Dolphin Deaths as part of a “Criminal Investigation”
To Gulf Oil Spill on Wednesday, March 23, 2011

56 Dead Turtles this Month, Wash Up on Brevard, Fl. Beaches
To Gulf Oil Spill on Friday, March 25, 2011 12:00



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      Treating it like a criminal investigation, to make sure there are no criminal investigations, and lawsuits, , and to cover up chains of evidence, because they know dammed well this is also making some human beings very very sick.

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