The Real Ocean Animal Emergency
by director on Feb.24, 2009, under Ecology, Media
The Marine Mammal Center of California does important work rescuing and rehabilitating stranded marine mammals on the beaches of California. They’ve recently been profiled by the PBS show Nova, and I don’t blame the Center for linking to the show itself.
However, I’m suspicious of the show itself. The show is called Ocean Animal Emergency, and it describes the work of the Marine Mammal Center dealing with seals that are stranded after encountering a natural toxin called domoic acid. That’s interesting, but it pales in comparison to the Ocean Animal Crisis that’s going on with huge numbers of animals dying because of the human consumption of fossil fuels.
Fossil fuels are extracted, refined and delivered by companies like Exxon-Mobil. Exxon-Mobil helps to fund the PBS program NOVA, which in return advertises for Exxon-Mobil.
When will NOVA run a documentary on the ethical implications of that toxic arrangement?
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