Deadly Navy Sonar Strikes Again Last Wednesday, about 80
dolphins beached themselves in the Florida Keys. The Miami
Herald reported that this occurred after a nuclear-powered
submarine used two different types of active sonar to navigate
over several days as it trained off the Florida Keys last week,
including the day of a massive dolphin stranding in Marathon,
Florida. More than 20 of the dolphins have already died. Last
month, 37 whales of three different species died after beaching
themselves in North Carolina. Though Navy officials maintain
there is not enough conclusive evidence to link sonar to either
mass stranding, they admit their ships were using sonar in
nearby waters at those times, carrying out training exercises
for the possibility of a terrorist attack. Mounting evidence
indicates that mid- and low-frequency range active sonar (LFA)
can cause whales and dolphins to beach, surface too quickly, or
behave in other unusual ways. At close range, the system's shock
waves are so intense they can destr