Subject: Hand feeding dolphins (fwd)
Mike Williamson (pita@www1.wheelock.edu)
Tue, 2 Mar 1999 14:29:20 -0500 (EST)
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Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 22:51:29 -0500
From: Bob Cooper <bcoop@neaq.org>
To: Margaret Baltais <baltais@bigpond.com>
Cc: pita@whale.wheelock.edu
Subject: Hand feeding dolphins
> Hi Bob Have checked your archives; could only find the following.
>QLD: Dolphins "Largely unaffected" by hand-feeding" Are you aware of
>any research/information relating to the impacts of hand feeding on
>dolphins. Any ideas or advice much appreciated. thanks. regards
>Simon Baltais Secretary Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland
>Bayside Branch PO Box 427 Capalaba QLD 4159 AUSTRALIA email:
>baltais@bigpond.com.au
Hello Simon,
I am unaware of any studies relating to the hand feeding of wild
dolphins but, it is also not my area of specialty. I would like to
circulate this amoungst some colleages at the New England Aquarium and
WhaleNet and see what their responses might be.
Sincerely
Bob Cooper