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Operation Balloon Recovery

Posted by: nina-karnovsky | June 3, 2009 | 1 Comment |
Daryl and Augie cleaning up the ocean one balloon at a time

Daryl and Augie cleaning up the ocean one balloon at a time

What happens to all those balloons that escape into the sky? Many of them end up in the ocean. Unfortunately they are a hazard to ocean dwellers. Sea turtles eat them because when they are frayed husks of themselves in the water, they resemble jellyfish, a favorite food of turtles. Balloons can block their stomachs. The strings entangle seabirds. Mylar balloons cause intestinal blockages in marine mammals.

Reg with another balloon

Reg with another balloon


Whenever we could, we picked up the balloons we saw floating in the ocean with a boat hook. There were several we couldn’t recover. Just imagine how many are out there since we only traversed a tiny section of the ocean and the balloons were everywhere!
Charlie with his balloon catch

Charlie with his balloon catch


The sinister aftermath of a party

The sinister aftermath of a party


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The human population of this earth need to join together to ban the release of helium balloons up in the air. The destruction to our ocean life alone is deplorable. These sea creatures that injest the balloons die a slow and very painful death. We need to stop this practice NOW!

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