Times of the Islands Fall 2016

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DISTRIBUTOR FOR EVINRUDE & MERCURY OUTBOARDS, PURSUIT WORLD CLASS CAT, SUNDANCE AND BOSTON WHALER BOATS Lures and Live Bait Marine Hardware & Gear Fishing Gear & Supplies Marine Paints & Varnish Marine Batteries Sebago Docksiders & Sperry Topsiders Shoes BLUE HILLS ROAD PROVIDENCIALES TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS, B.W.I. PHONE: 649-946-4411 FAX: 649-946-4945 spent a combined 56 years in concrete pools on display and performing tricks for their “daily bread.” Major funding support was raised by ZooCheck with help from the Mail on Sunday, a popular British newspaper. For five months, the dolphins lived in the Conch Farm pasture. During that time, volunteers worked tirelessly to rehabilitate the dolphins so they could return to their natural habitat, the open sea. During the years they spent in captivity, Missie, Rocky, and Silver had been hand-fed frozen fish instead of foraging on their own for food or using their sonar capabilities, so they had to learn how to hunt and feed themselves. Many in the community were involved in this effort, including several of TCI’s current elected officials. Over time, the three dolphins were weaned from a diet of dead, frozen fish to catching their own living, swimming meals. Once the three could catch live fish on their own, it was time to attempt their release back into the wild. To accomplish this, a special sea pen was built to transport the dolphins to the uninhabited island of West Caicos. After spending three days in this sea pen, the gate was opened on September 10, 1991 so the dolphins could swim free. At first, they didn’t want to leave the security of the sea pen. But after much hesitation, Rocky led the way and the three finally left the pen and entered the open ocean. They were spotted several months later in the waters around the TCI and appeared to be healthy. The rehabilitation process was considered a success. So, with a perfect climate and large native dolphin population, as well as previous experience in the rehabilitation and release of captive dolphins, the Turks & Caicos Islands are an excellent location for a dolphin sanctuary. This is a much better business to support than a commercially-operated, for-profit, swim-with-the-dolphins program. A dolphin sanctuary would provide a safe environment with lots of natural space in which to roam for formerly captive dolphins. And if they can be rehabilitated to feed on their own, it would be an ideal location into which to release these former slaves. a The Turks & Caicos Reef Fund (TCRF), a local not-forprofit organization whose mission is to help preserve and protect the TCI environment, along with a group of volunteers has proposed establishing a new Dolphin Sanctuary and Rehabilitation Centre in the TCI. To make this happen, TCRF needs the financial and moral support of tourists, the local population, and the TCI Government. More information about the plan can be found at: www.tcreef.org/dolphindefensefund.html 20 www.timespub.tc
Visit THE CAICOS CONCH FARM WE GROW CONCH & FISH Monday - Friday: 9am - 4pm Saturday: 9am - 2.30pm Closed: Sundays Adults $12.00 Children $10.00 Leeward Highway, Leeward, Providenciales Phone: (649) 946-5330
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