- Hardy Jones
Hardy Jones is a wildlife and conservation
filmmaker . He began his career in radio at WNOE inNew Orleans and has worked forUnited Press International ,The Peruvian Times , andCBS News . He has been a television documentary producer since 1978 when he made his first film, entitled DOLPHIN, with Michael Wiese. The film depicts a school of spotted dolphins residing 40 miles north ofGrand Bahama island. Since 1978 Jones has returned countless times to the Bahamas to visit these dolphins and film them. Some of the dolphins have become internationally famous. Chopper, a 27 year old male, was filmed by Jones for the first time in 1979 and appeared in the 2005PBS film "The Dolphin Defender". [http://www.pbs.org/nature/dolphindefender. Dolphin Defender. Last accessed April 18, 2007.]In 2000, Jones joined film actor and ocean activist
Ted Danson and founded BlueVoice.org (a website dedicated to the protection of dolphins and whales and particularly stopping the hunting of dolphins in Japanese fishing villages). [http://www.bluevoice.org. bluevoice.org. Last accessed April 18, 2007.] The organization uses television and the internet to publicize ocean issues. One of the group's main concerns is the alarming level ofcontamination in the oceans - bio-accumulating in the foodweb fromplankton to fish, marine mammals, then humans.Jones has fought for nearly thirty years to stop the killing and capture of dolphins in
Japan .He is an alumni at New Canaan Country School and recently received the prestigous alumni award.
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Taiji, Wakayama New Canaan Country School External links
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