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Dr. Willard
H. (Bill) Wattenburg
LAST DAYS OF THE DOLPHINS
"In 1975 Bill Wattenburg narrated
this TV documentary which stopped the unnecessary killing
of millions of dolphins by the tuna fishing
fleets. Bill stepped in after big name
celebrities declined because some advertisers threatened
to boycott their television shows if they narrated
this film. Two days after this documentary
aired on national television, congress outlawed the old tuna
fishing nets that were trapping and killing the
dolphins. This documentary gave the
National Marine Mammal agency great attention and new authority to
protect marine mammals such as the dolphins.
Unfortunately, this agency, like most bureaucracies,
eventually become another cancerous, bloated
bureaucracy that routinely
intimidates and blackmails fishermen on both
coasts of the United States. They are an army of
political shills who operate as policeman, judge and
jury. They extort millions of dollars from
hapless victims to support their private fleet of
yachts and aircraft -- and lush vacations for their
executives and judges. They are being investigated by
congress, but not enough is being done to stop their
gestapo -type tactics. Dr. Bill Wattenburg has become
their strongest critic on national radio
and television. "
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