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research programs of its own in addition to assisting visiting scientists. In addi- 

 tion to our staff assignments, Marineland has operated a research laboratory 

 which is available to any qualified investigator who makes application and has 

 approval from Marineland to conduct research at this facility. 



Some of the programs that have been conducted at Marineland of the Pacific 

 are: 



1. Basic research by the staff. Whenever possible, applied aquarium problems 

 are integrated to include aspects of research of general interest and potential 

 publication. In many re.spects. the Marineland environment affords the staff 

 unique opportunities to study marine life in conjunction with potential displays. 

 Some of these combined programs of direct involvement are : 



Transportation of fii5hes and other marine animals 

 Behavior of fishes 



Functions of the gas bladder, its physiology and associated behavior 

 Echo-ranging in dolphins 



Disease and health problems in marine mammals 

 Embryological studies in sharks 

 Etiology and pathology of fish diseases 

 Not all basic research programs fall in these categories and available time is 

 utilized for personal programs. 



2. Visiting scientists' research programs : 



University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. D. Davenport ; symbiotic 

 relations of the clownfish Amphiprion and the anemone Stoichactis. 



California Department of Fish & Game, Staff Marine Resources ; fish tag- 

 ging evaluation. 



Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Institute of Marine Resources, 

 Dr. Wheeler North, kelp investigation program. 



U.C.L.A., Dept. of Zoology graduate student projects of Drs. B. W. Walker, 

 R. Boolootian and K. S. Norris. 



California Department of Fish & Game, Mr. Jack Carlisle, red tide 

 investigations. 



U.C.L.A., School of Medicine, Dr. Wm. Hildemann, research in immu- 

 nobiology of lower vertebrates. 



California Institute of Technology, Dr. Wheeler North and staff, study 

 of pollution on near shore ecology. 



Occidental College, Dr. J. Stevens, ecological investigations of blenniid 

 fishes. 



Naval Undersea Research & Development Center, W. E. Evans, dolphin 

 tagging and sonar investigations. 



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Dr. John Magnuson, tuna behavior and 

 spawTiing. 



Los Angeles County Museum, Drs. S. Applegate and M. Urist, calcium fix- 

 ation and metabolism in sharks. 



Dr. D. Caldwell, phonation in dolphins and taxonomie status of the 

 priacanthid fish Pseudopriacanthus serrula. 

 The results of these investigations have been published in such scientific 

 journals as "Coi>eia," University of California publications in Zoology, "Journal 

 of Behavior", Department of Fish «& Game Quarterly, Zoologica, etc. 



John. 



18 East Caven Street, 



Indianapolis, Ind. 



Dear Representative Garmatz : Please include my letter in the record of 

 your hearing on Rep. Glenn Anderson's H.R. 9668, which would prohibit the 

 poisoning of animals and birds on the public lands of the United States. 



I had thought that the U.S., the mos-t himiane and truly sporting of countries, 

 had such a law already. I was shocked and disgusted to think of the agony our 

 wildlife had to endure. Humans can protest cruelty, but animals need us to 

 plead for them. An animal, even more than a i>erson, deserves a quick, dignified 

 death. Also, some animals may eat fioison not intended for them, and it becomes a 

 wholesale .slaughter instead of a (controlled program. The bill H.R. 9668 would 

 substitute the Kansas-Missouri predator control methods, which would be just 

 as effective. 



I urge the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, and all committees 

 interested in our environment, to take quick favorable action, and pass H.R. 9668. 



Sincerely, 



Judith A. Gaither. 



