St. Maarten Private Eye

Upon information and belief, some of the dolphins have died while being in "captivity." Not much mention was made of that at all.

I appreciate the comments regarding tropical species of dogs from Anguilla being sent to New England, when there are so many stray dogs all over the U.S. without owners or homes. Why aren't they being adopted. I guess they are not as "exotic."

Sadly, in the days when Anguillians had much less, each family had some "stark" (cows, sheep, goats, lambs) chickens, cats and dogs. All were well cared for and children were known to bond and learn to responsibly care for their pets. It put a smile on their faces and love in their hearts.

However, that has all changed, pets are being spayed and neutered and sent to New England for "adoption." Pretty soon there will be no dogs left on the island, unless someone takes a stand to keep our rare species of dogs on the island; so there will be no excuse to ship them off to places where their furs are not capable of keeping them warm.

Let's save the dolphins and learn to care for our pets like we did "back in the day."