Summary Of Voices In The Ocean By Susan Casey

In the book, Voices in the Ocean, Susan Casey shares her research and experiences with dolphins. Susan is an adventurous soul who loved to travel with her father, but when he started getting sick and eventually died, she realized she had her worst nightmare and went into a deep grieving period. In her 40’s, childless by choice, and divorced, but that didn’t stop her from wanting to escape into the world. “Fear was replaced by an ever-present numbness,” she said. Because of this new change, she felt fearless in more dangerous exploration, like swimming alone with sharks at dusk. According to her, she had already experienced her “biggest fear”. One day, about a half a mile along Honolulu Bay, a pod of 40 to 50 dolphins came to greet her. Little did she know this occurrence would change

When the story was brought to the public, Holer had taken the gruesome story and covered it up, saying that “illness” was the cause of death. On top of that, ex-employees released information about chemicals being put into the cramped tanks. Marineland had bought numerous whales illegally imported from Mexico, and then squished them all in one tank along with others they traded from other parks. In an effort to make room, some of the whales stayed in vertical positions because of the tight squeeze. Thankfully, a report was done by expert scientists explaining the bad conditions that dolphins should never be in, and Marineland was forced to change many rules. Unfortunately, there are many places in the world that still have these issues today. It is crucial that regulations exceed the needs of these intelligent animals if they need to be held captive by rescue organizations. Otherwise, they should be free in the wild, building communities and living their best lives without being cramped in a small