Does this seem unethical to you?

[MoonRiver]

Some think so. But when dolphins are facing imminent danger and death I don't believe it is, especially if the sounds can be canned.

It didn’t make the same worldwide headlines as the dead Gowanus dolphin, but a remarkable rescue of nearly 150 dolphins in imminent danger of stranding was just carried out in Australia, where wildlife experts deployed a questionable but ultimately successful technique to lure the large pod to safety.

A juvenile dolphin was captured and used to issue distress calls out in deeper water, in order to attract the pod’s attention and lead it to safety.

more:

http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/02/05/ending-the-cove-dolphin-slaughter?cmpid=tpanimals-eml-2013-2-08-baby

[FSogol]

1. Would it be more ethical to let 150 dolphins die?

They did let the captured juvenile go.

[MoonRiver]

3. That's what I'm saying.

Don't exactly understand their reasoning.

[FSogol]

6. I understand why they ask, but I think the answer is obvious.

Suppose you had to get 150 humans out of a building quickly. Would it be ethical to kidnap a child, make it cry to get the people out? Probably not.

[RC]

9. False comparison. We can talk, communicate with each other.

Something we cannot do with dolphins. They did what they needed to do.

Dolphins are smart enough to tell a real distress call form a canned one, for the same reason we can. Wrong responses to our answers.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

7. Some people see everything in stark

black and white or moral absolutes.

[MoonRiver]

8. It seems particularly bizarre that some of those extremists

believe even canned sounds are unethical.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

10. Extremists are always bizarre,

but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that some of this "questioning" of the ethics is just proverbial 'ass covering'.

[lumberjack_jeff]

11. Anthropomorphizing absolutes.

If a community of people were wandering over a cliff, would it be unethical to hold one of their crying babies back to lure them away? Or would it be better to honor and respect that family by allowing the baby to go over the cliff with them?

[HappyMe]

2. It would have been

unethical to let 150 dolphins die.

[MoonRiver]

5. EDIT: Unethical to let them die!

Didn't read your post closely enough. Sheeesh!

[Sekhmets Daughter]

4. Nope...

I'm all for saving dolphins.