Exposed: Killing Dolphins-Dying for Lobsters

Thousands of dolphins are killed solely for shark bait each year off the coast of Peru. An upsurge in shark meat consumption in Peru and the rise in the cost of fish bait has helped drive the hunt to as many as 10,000 dolphins killed each year according to some estimates. Jim Wickens documents this illegal practice in an original undercover investigation for "Earth Focus."

Brad Allgood and Josh Wolff document the epidemic of decompression disease or bends suffered by Miskito Indians involved in commercial lobster diving off Nicaragua's coast in their film "My Village, My Lobster." Commercial lobster diving in Nicaragua brings in over $20 million a year annually and 90 percent of the lobsters caught are sold to premium U.S. restaurants and supermarkets. The casualties among the divers continue to mount but the problem remains ignored by the Nicaraguan government and the international community.

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