In an apparent guerilla stunt, a wildlife sculpture in downtown
Vancouver has been "caught" in a giant plastic 6-pack ring. The
sculpture, located at the corner of Georgia and Thurlow Streets,
depicts two dolphins, whose necks are now caught in the giant
plastic rings marked with the "PlasticPollutionCoalition.org"
web address. This stunt is a large-scale reminder of the dangers
of litter, particularly plastics, in our ocean. Approximately
75-80 million tons of plastics are used every year to produce
the world's food packaging alone, and a large proportion of
these plastics inevitably end up in our oceans. Almost 80% of
the garbage found in the ocean comes from land-based sources,
with the majority being packaging and food containers like the
ubiquitous 6-pack ring featured in this guerilla demonstration.
This garbage kills sea creatures by strangling them, drowning
them through entanglement, or even starving them through
malnutrition when ingested debris in the creatures' stomachs
prevents them from getting