Passionate about whale and dolphin conservation/protection, ocean conservation , animal rights and climate change issues.
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- What I would Change About the World: Help us all grow up a little and see the long term. We collectively act like we have an infinite amount of everything and that we have no impact on our environment.
- Current Project: Working to protect dolphins & whales through various projects.
- Influences/Heroes: Al Gore, The Big Lebowski, Roz Savage, Hardy Jones
- Organizations: The Climate Project, BlueVoice.org
- Political Bent: Intelligent
- Favorite Movies: The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, Hands on a Hard Body, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Cove, Sharkwater, Saving Luna, The Dolphin Defender
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- jefftego commented on Orca kills trainer at SeaWorld Orlando 2 years ago
Actually, there are some things unique to orcas which make captivity more stressful for and dangerous for them. Their life expectancy in captivity is far shorter. First, orcas in the wild remain... more
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- jefftego commented on Orca kills trainer at SeaWorld Orlando 2 years ago
They keep him because he is invaluable to Seaworld. He is the father of most of SW's captive-born orcas.
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- jefftego commented on Orca kills trainer at SeaWorld Orlando 2 years ago
What is the message when the only examples of orcas killing people are from orcas in captivity? Once you learn about how they live in the wild, their social structures, life-long family bonds,... more
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- jefftego voted up Orca kills trainer at SeaWorld Orlando 2 years ago
ORLANDO - A SeaWorld trainer was killed Wednesday when an orca pulled her into the water as she was talking to visitors. The same orca, or killer whale, has been tied to two earlier deaths in... more
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- jefftego commented on 1 killed in whale attack at SeaWorld 2 years ago
What is the message when the only examples of orcas killing people are from orcas in captivity? Once you learn about how they live in the wild, their social structures, life-long family bonds,... more
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- jefftego voted up 1 killed in whale attack at SeaWorld 2 years ago
A SeaWorld employee died this afternoon during an incident at SeaWorld's Shamu Stadium, an Orange County Sheriff's Office official confirmed. SeaWorld, rescue personnel and the... more
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- jefftego voted up Climate sceptics are recycled critics of controls on tobacco and acid rain 2 years ago
We must not be distracted from science's urgent message: we are fuelling dangerous changes in Earth's climate In the weeks before and after the Copenhagen climate change conference... more
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- jefftego voted up New floating garbage patch found in Atlantic Ocean 2 years ago
Researchers have found a high concentration of plastic debris is floating in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Caribbean, months after concerns were raised over a vast patch of rubbish floating in... more
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- jefftego posted New floating garbage patch found in Atlantic Ocean 2 years ago
Researchers have found a high concentration of plastic debris is floating in the Atlantic Ocean north of the Caribbean, months after concerns were raised over a vast patch of rubbish floating in... more
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- jefftego voted up New baby orca spotted off Vancouver Island 2 years ago
The Center for Whale Research says it has spotted a newborn killer whale off the east side of Vancouver Island. The Friday Harbor, Wash.-based organization says the orca calf, designated L-114,... more
