[CINC] bottlenose dolphin problems

[Paul Petrich]

Bernardo, Debra, and other Ocean People,
 Dr. Daniela Maldini was one of many presenters at a  Protect Our Dolphins  gala put on at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum in January of 2010. She and the organization she represented from Monterey were the only presenters with science about our local dolphins who was legit. The organizer, a Dr Toni ???,charged $50 entrance, and had a book signing at a packed house, but we never saw or heard from here again. Please read my exchange below about Dr. Madini's comments and take on the event. Fellow CINC member John Kuizenga is the "John" my exchange is with. John, do you remember her last name ? I threw her book away. Dr, Madini probably did , too!   

John,
 Thanks for the thoughtful reply. I guess my concerns amplified when I sat in the back row and found that the group next to me included Dr. Daniela Maldini,( the best expert there on our local Bottlenose), but not until she got up to talk did I know who she was. They were wincing at the beginning of Toni's talk, when she showed the sick dolphin slides, and implied they got sick in our area. They were slides sent to Toni by Daniela, as we found out, and I had a definite take that Daniela did not like the way they were used.
  Did you notice she immediately corrected the misconception about the slides by telling us that the Dolphins in question got contaminated in her own Monterey Bay, then got better when they came south to"our sun and warmer water?" Then she said she looked forward collaborating with Toni the future, which I saw as an implication such collaboration was lacking prior to the presentation. 
  As we heard, Dr. Maldini went on to explain that the Bottlenose are clearly expanding their range, as the larger numbers in Monterey are from our area, not arriving until 1882. The same ones are even  seen in San Diego. So, is the real issue diminishing numbers or a search for expanding their range for some food or health reason?      Paul
On Apr 28, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Bernardo Alps wrote:

> Hi Deb
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