Knitting for Dolphins Media Coverage

Knitting for Dolphins Media Coverage (partial)

Many of the links below are time-sensitive. They all worked when they were posted but there can be no guarantee that they will continue to work. Navy airs dolphin patrol plan But program's critics say the animals not suited for waters around Bangor By SCOTT GUTIERREZ Seattle Post Intelligencer March 29, 2007 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/309479_dolphins29.html Opponents have say on Navy's dolphin patrol plan By Brian Alexander Seattle Times staff reporter March 29, 2007 http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=bangor29m&date=20070329&query=dolphin Critics Target Navy Dolphin Defense Plan Chicago Tribune / Associated Press March 28, 2007 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-dolphin-defenders,1,4965110.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true Navy's dolphins, sea lions security plan hotly debated King 5 TV / Associated Press March 28, 2007 http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_032807WABnavy_dolphinssealionsJM.bdd1469.html Page includes two good video segments Critics confront Navy about dolphin guards Eric Wilkinson: How one group is using knitting needles to protest the plan Navy gets earful on plan to use dolphins for security By KOMO Staff & News Services Mar 28, 2007 http://www.komotv.com/news/6745782.html Page includes video segment The U.S. Navy is proposing the use of sea lions and Atlantic bottlenose dolphins at the Bangor submarine base for a Swimmer Interdiction Security System (SISS) Ground Zero press release, March 26, 2007 http://gzcenter.org/articles/ground_zero_press_release_navy_marine_mammal_20070326.htm Speak up for dolphins next week Bainbridge Buzz, WA - Mar 22, 2007 Why are people across the nation and around the world knitting sweaters for dolphins and mittens for their flippers? To keep them warm, that's why. ... http://www.bainbridgebuzz.com/content/view/1933/76/ Something Fishy: Knitting for dolphins Posted by Sarah van Schagen Grist Magazine, WA - Mar 2, 2007 But that be enough reminiscing for now. Let's move on to more recent headlines, like, oh, say, "Navy may deploy anti-terrorism dolphins." I kid ye not. http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/3/2/143032/0793 Knitting women unite to keep Navy dolphins warm Mar 2, 2007 By Bryan Johnson A group of women gathered Friday at the Bainbridge Island Senior Center. They are part of a knitting group growing across the United States. It only It looks like a knitting club. This is much more than knit one, purl two. This is politics. Read more and watch video clip. http://www.komotv.com/news/local/6282587.html If you think dog sweaters are silly, what about dolphin sweaters KTVO, MO - Mar 1, 2007 BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) - Sweaters for dolphins? Some people in Washington state are knitting hats, mittens and sweaters for dolphins. ... http://www.ktvotv3.com/Global/story.asp?S=6161486&nav=1LFs Group Knits Sweaters For Dolphins - Family March 1, 2007 Sweaters for dolphins? Some people in Washington state are knitting hats, mittens and sweaters for dolphins. It's their way of needling the US Navy. ... http://www.ktvu.com/family/11146356/detail.html Opponents of Bangor security plan knitting sweaters for Navy dolphins KNDO/KNDU, WA - Feb 28, 2007 BREMERTON, Wash. Opponents of a Navy plan to use dolphins from San Diego to guard a submarine base in chilly Washington are knitting hats, http://www.kndo.com/Global/story.asp?S=6156203&nav=menu484_2 Knitters Hope to Needle Navy Into Forgoing New Dolphin Plan Kitsap Sun (Subscription), WA - Feb 28, 2007 They say efforts to make cold-weather apparel for the mammals are just as absurd as plans to bring them to Bangor. By Ed Friedrich, efriedrich@kitsapsun.com ... http://www.kitsapsun.com/bsun/local/article/0,2403,BSUN_19088_5384007,00.html Dolphin Advocated Knit to Protest Navy Security Plan News10.net, CA - Feb 28, 2007 BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) -- Opponents of a Navy plan to use dolphins from San Diego to guard a submarine base in chilly Washington are knitting hats, ... http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=24931 Protestors Knit Sweaters For Navy Dolphins CBS 2, CA - Feb 28, 2007 (AP) BREMERTON, Wash. Opponents of a Navy plan to use dolphins from San Diego to guard a submarine base in chilly Washington are knitting hats, http://cbs2.com/local/local_story_059142058.html Knitters Hope to Needle Navy Into Forgoing New Dolphin Plan Kitsap Sun (Subscription), WA - Feb 28, 2007 They say efforts to make cold-weather apparel for the mammals are just as absurd as plans to bring them to Bangor. By Ed Friedrich, efriedrich@kitsapsun.com http://www.kitsapsun.com/bsun/local/article/0,2403,BSUN_19088_5384007,00.html (Hong Kong) Dolphins sound out cold front on terror BlaineHarden Wednesday, February 28, 2007 If they are allowed to police parts of Puget Sound, in the northwest United States, navy-trained dolphins and sea lions are expected to nab terrorists in wetsuits. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=9&art_id=39050&sid=12417761&con_type=3&d_str=20070228 Dahr Jamail's Weblog Brenda Peterson writes: "When news of the US Navy's anti- terrorism plan to deploy Atlantic bottlenose dolphins to patrol the Bangor submarine base made headlines here in the Puget Sound region, I was contacted by concerned citizens called Knitting for Dolphins. http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:Ox0WduJ-eqsJ:kinja.com/kindigest.knj%3Furl%3Ddahrjamailiraq.com%252Fweblog%252F+knitting+for+dolphins&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&gl=us Mammals Marked for Duty,Navy Pursues Dolphin, Sea Lion Patrols in Puget Sound visit site Animals Feb 26 2007 BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. -- If they are allowed to police parts of Puget Sound, this is how Navy-trained dolphins and sea lions are expected to nab terrorists in wetsuits:Using its sonar, a dolphin locates a swimmer approaching Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, http://www.care2.com/news/member/313523013/310931 Marked for Duty Navy Pursues Dolphin, Sea Lion Patrols in Puget Sound By Blaine Harden Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, February 25, 2007; Page A03 BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. -- If they are allowed to police parts of Puget Sound, this is how Navy-trained dolphins and sea lions are expected to nab terrorists in wetsuits... read more http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/24/AR2007022401040.html Bainbridge Breezes: An Island Blog Wendy Wallace: Bainbridge Island blogger But all of this, I imagine, is small potatoes compared to what you must do to knit a sweater for a dolphin. Have you heard of these women? They are protesting with knitting needles, but no one is getting the Goldie Hawn jab in Foul Play. In fact, I read they were "symbolically" knitting in protest. While I applaud their protest (especially the more I read about the traumatized dolphins previously used by the Navy) and I commented about the Navy's proposal, how does symbolic knitting work? Are they really knitting, but it is symbolic of gathering us all together on an issue? Or is the knitting itself symbolic? I hope the knitting part is real. I'd like to see a sweater made for a dolphin. I wonder what the gauge looks like for that. February 22, 2007 http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/bainbridgebreezes/archives/111917.asp Ludicrous dolphin plan shows we are scared silly Sunday, February 18, 2007 Seattle PI We can tell the military what any child knows -- that dolphins teach us more about knitting together enlightened survival and life than terror ever will. ... http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/304027_dolphins18.html Navy seeks to deploy dolphins to protect Kitsap base By Associated Press Feb 13, 2007 SAN DIEGO (AP) - Dozens of dolphins and sea lions trained to detect and apprehend waterborne attackers could be sent to patrol a military base in Washington state, the Navy said Monday. read more http://www.komotv.com/news/local/5801516.html San Diego Animal Advocates San Diego California Animal rights La ... Knitting for Dolphins. Why are people beginning to knit sweaters, hats, and mittens for flippers to keep dolphins warm? Because the U.S. Navy is proposing ... Feb 13 2007 http://www.animaladvocates.org/ CATCHING A WAVE * DOLPHIN knitting needles http://cgi.ebay.ca/CATCHING-A-WAVE-DOLPHIN-knitting-needles_W0QQitemZ230097510329QQcmdZViewItem Navy Eyes Bottlenose Dolphins for Bangor Security Force By Ed Friedrich, efriedrich@kitsapsun.com February 12, 2007 BANGOR The Navy is proposing to use California sea lions and Atlantic bottlenose dolphins to protect the Bangor submarine base from surface or submerged swimmers. read more http://www.kitsapsun.com/bsun/local/article/0,2403,BSUN_19088_5346780,00.html Department Of Defense Official Public Notice Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a Swimmer Interdiction Security System (SISS) at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Kitsap County, WA, and Announce Public Scoping Meetings read more http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-2307.htm Navy may deploy anti-terrorism dolphins USA Today, read more http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2007-02-13-dolphin-defenders_x.htm U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program "The Navy's Marine Mammal Program is an accredited member of the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums, an international organization committed to the care and conservation of marine mammals. Accreditation by the Alliance means this facility meets or exceeds all the standards of excellence for marine mammal care, husbandry, conservation and education." http://spawar.navy.mil/sandiego/technology/mammals/