Dolphin Dreaming and Night Healing

Have you Dolphin Dreamed and felt a Night Healing?

Let me share a story. Around March 8, 2005 I was reading the newspaper and saw that note that peaked my attention. Massive Dolphin Stranding in the Keys. My mind floated back to the days when I worked on a media campaign with Mundo Azul. I had moved to Cuzco, Peru after a year working for Motorola. My dear friend named Nina and her husband, Stefan Austermühle were passionate about Dolphins and I was equally in love with these magical beings. Every since I first swam with them and felt their energy I know we would have a bond 4 ever.www.peru.com/mundoazul

Then I saw a news clip on TV and couldn’t believe what was happening. At that time I was preparing a trip for Colombia and my Kogi project and time was running. So the next weekend I take a ride to the Keys and sure enough a small crisis was at hand.The volunteers had been working for 3 days, over 90 rough tooth dolphins were in the pod when the stranding began, many lost and and about 40 were rescued. A Navy sub had just gone by and the sonar could have caused damage, but some dolphins didn't have any effects and were very pretty strong. Others were sick and some couldn't take the heat and stress. Most were females with calves waiting to be born.

The truth is an emergency was occurring.

When we got to Key Largo Marine Mammal Conservancy they had just finished putting the fence and a lot of energy was in the air. We heard that they were going to Marathon an hour away to pick up the a couple dolphins. So we headed to Marathon, arrive and see a big 16 wheel Publix truck which was donated and the real work began. Like triage, who can we save and which are just to sick to make it. We managed to get 16 in the truck and drove back to Key Largo. It was an amazing experience and deeply moving..

I was holding the first dolphin going into the pen. With wet suits on, strange vibrations, tired volunteers, and sick dolphins, it was a like a movie, but no director. Slow motion and a lot of extras. We stood in the water 2 ft deep holding each dolphin. About 14 were put in. I was touching ones heart and could feel his pain. We had to hold them up or they would drown.

I had come with Hodin, a great drummer and founder of www.vibehealth.com He had his digital film camera and we were shooting everything. He is also a major dolphin activist in Calif and Miami. After a while I got out and was helping with other pressing matters. You could smell death and sadness in the air, because by night fall 2 had died and non stop for 3 days was taking an emotional toll on everyone.

Our aim was to help clean the energy so we brought drums and asked everyone to meditate, as the thinking and tension was affecting the dolphins and they needed peace and healing power. These are multi-dimensional beings and much more intelligent than we give them credit. I was drumming and doing my inner mantras and sound tones. But some of the staff didn't like the toning/drumming and I understood. No need to explain, when scientists only see 1 view.

The sun was setting and we had to get back to Miami. I find out to 2 dolphins were sent to Key Biscayne where my parents live. It is NOAA facility and the NGO is called MARS. I get there in the morning and talk with the director. I had called before and said I work in the media and wanted to help. He was a nice guy and more open to vibrational medicine. In the end it is all a frequency and the power of our mind, our thoughts can heal.Being at the right place and the right time, I found out this is where the necropsies are done. And that day 2 dolphins had died or were put to sleep and they were arriving in 2 hrs. So needless to say I was amazed of the syncs. More on that later.

The dolphins arrive and you could see the noses bleeding on frozen stiff bodies and the skin looked like it was chewed at some places. This due to the trashing in 2 feet of water. Also since they are deep sea, swim between Bahamas and Africa, there skin is very sensitive and streaks of grey going up and down. Some were sun burnt as our weather has been hot.

So I put on this yellow long apron, gloves and this smart black women, cant remember her name starts to cut him up. Looking at the lungs and taking samples. When she cuts the stomach, the colors were an amazing rainbow of deep purples, reds, orange, greens and indigo. I was mesmerized. We found major infections and some had water in the heart and strange puss. I had a chance to touch the heart and felt an energy of light and sound shot up my arm. Like the spirit of the being entering and saying it is all OK.It was a powerful exp, not everyday you see a dolphin in his final stage, but the spirit lives forever, just like us. I was being activated.

The weekend came and I came back to Key Largo with Teri Catlin, my spirit sis and great singer/song writer www.tericatlin.com I wanted to take some pic as noone in Colombia was going to believe unless I had proof. So we went, did some healing, sang a song and had a great time.Fast forward to this 2 weekend ago, a concert with Steve Tyler, Chuck Berry and others as part of Celebration of the Sea, a benefit for Marine Mammal Protection. The concert is another story and have fotos on my other blogs at My space. www.myspace.com/lcondor - www.celebrationofthesea.com

From 1 am to 8 am I stayed at the Marine Mammal Conservancy and the Howard Johnsons next door doing my brand of healing, which most people don’t understand. How do you explain sound, color, light and astral travel? But what I also got was a healing from the Dolphins!! I was standing and breathing deep, my hands felt on fire, I could see all 3 pointing at me and bobbing. After chanting Om Shanti, I felt them send me a bolt of light and like saying thanks. It was amazing. I had to sit and not think. I was speechless and also drained. Slept for 1 hr and needed it.At sunrise I cam back and took some photos and talked with the folks. The dolphins talk to be me in silence.

Last Sunday, the 7th I came back with Ruthi and her 8 yr old son. He was so excited as we all were. There were 3 left, all female with one being a calf, less than 1 yr. They saw us and the connection was wonderful. What do you see when you look into the eyes you love? Around 1:30 we were getting hungry and time to go. We were left alone for 40 mins and told not to touch the dolphins, dont go on platform and just watch. We did more.

We used our minds, we connected to them on a telepathic level. Dolphins can hear our thoughts via frequecies and emotions. We sent them love and compassion. Love is the greatest healer. They send sonar and can sees your aura, they are highly envolved and have much to teach us.

But that is another story and it is now 4 am. Need to meditate and turn off the compu. All today I was making calls as I am doing a story about the dolphins and this is the story in rough draft blog L condor style.

Dolphin Dreaming and Night Healing...

More to come but in the meantime see letter sent to Robert and MMC.

From the heart and dolphins mind,


L Condor

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August 10, 2005

Hi Robert,

Wanted to get back to you with a few questions and comments.As you know, your co-worker ? (need his name) in a very rude and unprofossional manner kick us out of the MMC.

First I understand his anger but not the way he did it. He treated me is the same manner back in April so I understand his stress. If you have a 8 yr old boy and his mom who love dolphins, has photos in his room and feels that the dolphins wanted to communicate with him that is what happened.

To be agreesive is not professional and there is better ways to say good bye and not come back .Since I was part of the volunteers that helped in the beginning I feel a bond and responsabilty to these dolphins and want to understand how to work with you.

As a journalist and producer I have a responsabilty to investigate what is happening and report the facts.

My aim is to get a big picture of what the dolphins need, what has/is happening, and tell a story. As this is a mult-facitated report many angles can be taken.

I have been in touch with David Bernhart 727 551 5767, as well as Luara his asst. Diane 305 853 7352 from code efforcement. I have talked with Peter from DIC and will be interviewing him this next weekend. I have copies of the letter signed from Art Coper May 10 to NOAA Fisheries and comments about Lloyd Brown. I have been in touch with the Tom Brashares from Fla Keys News and helping him for an article about Cel of the Sea.

I want to get a balanced report from all sides and just doing my homework. Since you dont know too well, I wanted to give you some feedback on my background.

I have been involved with Dolphin research for more than 20 yrs and in 1990's we did a major campaign in Peru and Japan to educate the public about Cancho Marino, which is basicly dolphin meet sold as sea food. The group is Mundo Azul and the campaign Cruzada Por La Vida Seehttp://www.peru.com/mundoazul/ingles/protejamos_delfines/index.asp

Rivers of blood would flow around the Peruivian coast, more than 1000 dolphins killed a year. So you can understand my concern for the well being of these magical mammals. We work in cooperation with Oceanic Society. See our the release. http://www.oceanic-society.org/pages/presrelease/news39.html

I have also done campiagns for the Save Biogems and National Resource Defense Council http://www.nrdc.org/http://www.savebiogems.org/redford/ They are linked on my site in archives http://www.tribalink.org/archives/

I have family in Australia and we are supporting with media alliances the Dolphin Research Institute http://www.dolphinresearch.org.au/

When I worked for Ford, Communciations dept in 1996 we gave a $1 Million Dollar grant to Conservation Int. to save the Amazon. Very involved with the UN and other NGOs See bio attached .

Now you can get a better picture of who I am.

Since you are a key figure in this article, I want to give you the opprotunity to share your side of the story.
If you like you can call me and we can discuss.

If your friend wants to send a letter to Gerry and his mom to apologize it could go a long way from the trauma he experienced. But more importance shows professionalism.

Either way let me know your thoughts.

All the best,

Luis Mejia
Tribal Ink News & The Womb/Krib.TV
www.tribalink.org - www.thewomb.com - www.krib.tv
Lcondorkogi@yahoo.com
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Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 11:47 PM
Subject: RE: Interview Sun

Sunday is a bad day for me Luis as there is a lot going on right now. If we could reschedule at a later time, I would appreciate it.

Robert G Lingenfelser Jr
President
Marine Mammal Conservancy, Inc.
P O Box 1625
Key Largo, FL 33037
Tel: (305) 451-4774
Fax: (305) 451-4730

This is his reply 8-12 --to which he clearly dosen't get the picture.

Luis,

First, lets get something straight, you were instructed by me and Celeste not to go down to the lower dock on Sunday and you did anyway. You are not one of my staff, nor are you trained by anyone in the stranding network to handle wild marine mammals. We do not under any circumstances allow this facility to be a petting pool for the public. Secondly, you tried to tell my staff that I said it was OK, fortunately, they know that I don’t break the rules for anyone. These animals are going back to the wild, we do not want them to be used to just anyone, that is why there are only a limited number of trained people allowed on the lower dock for feeding and handling procedures. I do not believe that Mr. Cooper was rude either, you chose to ignore the rules and you were appropriately escorted off of the property, permanently. This is not the first time, back in March, you chose to ignore me and got in the water uninvited and was asked to leave then, then went next door to the HoJo’s property, and down on the rocks where you fell in the water. If you had stayed around, I would have had you arrested, as this was clear harassment in violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

I feel for the 8 year old, but the rules apply to everyone and viewing them naturally can be just as interesting. If you want to pet dolphins, please go to a facility that allows that. Here, we prepare marine mammals for life back in the wild, we don’t want them approaching humans ever again.

As far as the story you are working on, I am not sure what angle you are taking or your specific interest in this event. Here is the bottom line for what’s happened here:

We bought in more animals (56) for stabilization than any organization in history, animals that were severely starving, cause unknown.

Of those bought in for stabilization we accomplished the single largest successful transport of marine mammals (32) in a single day not losing a single animal in the process.

The animals were sent to the following facilities:
(MMC) Marine Mammal Conservancy, Inc (26)
(MMRT) Fl Keys Marine Mammal Rescue Team (4)
(MARS) Marine Animal Rescue Society (2)

The rest either died or had to be euthanized because of the bad shape they were in. Every animal that could be successfully transported was.

Of the 26 taken in by MMC, we successfully rehabilitated 10 plus 1 from the Fl Keys Marine Mammal Rescue Team that was the only survivor of that group.

Of the 26 taken in for rehabilitation by MMC 12 died within the first 5 days, it is very difficult to bring humans back from starvation much less marine mammals and it is a testament to this team that we were able to save as many as we did., 2 others died from the severe parasite infection that was previously unknown (a new parasite was discovered, one that causes the body to eat its own tissue in an effort to get rid of the parasite). R303, the only survivor of this parasite (we finally discovered the right combination of drugs and salves to kill the parasite) died of a heart attack a few weeks ago, she was a very old animal. Not a single animal lacked for care and it is the first time in the stranding networks history that so many came to learn and help from other organizations which in and of itself is a great stride forward.

MMC has released 7 of the 26 so far and the other 2 adults will be released towards the end of August. No other organization in the history of the stranding network has successfully rehabilitated and released this many marine mammals at one time, successfully. The calf who is non-releasable because of her age and because she is still nursing was transported to Gulf World, the only facility in the US that has non-releasable Rough Toothed Dolphins in Public Display so that she can live with her own species. MARS released the 2 they had in Rehabilitation.

This event has given us years of research material to work on, including helping to establish the baselines for this species, the satellite tracking of the 7 gave us new insights into their movements, dive depths, time they can hold their breath, feeding behaviors, as well as the medical data that will give us new insights in how to successfully stabilize and treat this species in the future.

Based on what you said, I am assuming that you will focus on the mishandling of the calf by one of my staff. The incident was unfortunate, but was not cruel, was not hurtful, and was not done with the intent to do harm and yet it has been blown all out of proportion. The situation was dealt with, the staff member was given training in how to deal with those situations and as far as I’m concerned, the incident is a dead issue.

If you want to side with the activists who want to close us down, then do so, but know that the harm you and those activists do does harm to the marine mammals that you claim to love so much and your 8 year old may never get to see some marine mammals in the wild, because those populations are dwindling and if we don’t discover why and how to deal with it, then our world is going to be a lot less interesting with out them as part of it. You choose.



Robert G Lingenfelser Jr
President
Marine Mammal Conservancy, Inc.
P O Box 1625
Key Largo, FL 33037
Tel: (305) 451-4774
Cell: (305) 360-2130
Fax: (305) 451-4730