<div dir="ltr">done<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Donna McClure <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:donnamcclure44@gmail.com" target="_blank">donnamcclure44@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Friends,<br><br>Two wild orcas have been captured by Russian hunters, and are on
their way to be displayed in a dolphinarium at the Sochi Winter
Olympics.<br><br>White Sphere, the Russian company behind this, is just looking
to make a fast buck from the tourists who will be descending on to Sochi during
the Games. It couldn't care less that the orcas were stolen from their ocean
home.<br><br>The mammals, which can grow up to 22ft long and swim 100 miles a
day, are set to be kept in a â?osmall concrete tankâ? after a 4,614-mile flight
from the far east of Russia. Animal experts say that transporting orcas causes
them stress, that keeping them in Âcaptivity shortens their life and can even
turn them â?opsychoticâ? .?<br><br><a href="http://action.sumofus.org/a/sochi-orca-whales/3/2?sub=mtl" target="_blank">http://action.sumofus.org/a/sochi-orca-whales/3/2?sub=mtl</a><br><br>Thank
you.<br></div>
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