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Guest Post by Afzal Zaheer

It is indeed a herculean task to predict tsunami on the lines of Earthquake.  However, efforts are being made towards minimizing death and destruction.

There have been earthquakes in the past and who can forget 9.1magnitude of earthquake which struck off the coast of northern Sumatra in Indonesia.

The Tsunami which followed later on was the worst. It resulted in huge death and destruction as 230,000 people lost their lives while many got injured and still others turned homeless.

However, it made the concerned authorities aware about the impending danger of Tsunami after the earthquake.

However, on the other hand, 8.6 magnitude of earthquake which struck off the coast of Sumatra, luckily did not cause any death and destruction. Thus, it signals the complexity of predicting Tsunami for sure. Isn’t it?

How tsunami is generated?

When the Earth’s crust beneath the sea is disrupted on…

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The threat to the dolphins in India goes back much further though.  In a very tragic turn of events, in 1998, a dolphinarium, Dolphin City, actually was set up in Chennai. CPREEC, Dr. Nanditha Krishna’s organization, and Blue Cross of India, of which Dr. Chinny Krishna was the Co-Founder and, at that time also the Vice Chairman, worked tirelessly to oppose it.

Very sadly, the three dolphins who had been imported from Bulgaria and brought to the Chennai dolphinarium, died within a few short months.  The dolphinarium denied that they had died, and the show went on with only sea lions.

In reply to all questions, their story was that the dolphins were okay, and would soon be performing “when they were alright.”  Dr. Chinny Krishna, of Blue Cross, persisted in telling the truth about the fate…