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Re: Cape Cross seals, Namibia

Subject: Re: Cape Cross seals, Namibia
From: "Sabyasachi Patra" indiawilds
Date: Sat Apr 16, 2011 11:43 pm ((PDT))
Martyn,
Thanks for taking pains to document this. There seems to be no end to our
stupidity. Not sure when this will end.
Sabyasachi

On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 3:15 AM, Martyn Stewart <>wrote:

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>
> http://naturesound.org/?p=386
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> This audio was recorded at the Cape Cross seal colony in Namibia. The
> officials at the reserve are extremely cautious of media coming onto the
> reserve to film or record the seals because of the atrocities that happen
> there every year in the form of seal clubbing. What the Namibian government
> try to do is spray propaganda around that the colony is healthy.
> On this occasion I was held for over an hour because they caught me
> recording the colony, The police and the main official for the colony
> confiscated my recorder and in a stroke of luck, I was able to switch the
> flashcard over while the police officer turned his back.
> Here is that recording.
> Recorder: SD 788t
> Microphones: MKH 40/30
> Microphones protected in a rycote windjammer with a furry cat.
> Tripod mounted
> 48k 24 bit
> Weather: Clear
> Winds: Light breeze.
> Recordist: Martyn Stewart
>
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