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You will hear an interview with the representative of the Dolphin Conservation Trust.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 11 to 15.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 15.
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Today, we welcome Alice Bussell from the Dolphin Conservation Trust.
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Alice, could you describe the organization?
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Its purpose is to protect dolphins in seas around the world.
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We raise awareness of the pollution and other threats these animals face.
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The Trust began 10 years ago and is among the country's fastest growing animal charities, although it remains small beside the largest conservation groups.
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We're particularly proud of our educational work.
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Last year, we visited many schools and spoke to young people aged 5 to 18.
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Children make up about 35% of our membership.
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We use donations to support campaigns, including efforts to change fishing policies.
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We hope to employ our first full-time dolphin biologist soon to monitor populations.
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At present, many people volunteer their time in observation work, administration and several other roles.
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Last year, the Charity Commission gave us an award for education.
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It didn't provide much additional money, but it made our work far more widely known and understood.
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We hope this publicity may eventually increase membership.
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Can people see dolphins in British waters?
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Yes, in several places.
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We run a major project in eastern Scotland, an area that has long sheltered dolphins because there is little shipping.
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Oil companies now want to expand exploration there.
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We oppose the plan because the exploration produces intense underwater noise, even though serious oil pollution is unlikely.
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That noise prevents dolphins from resting and socialising.
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That issue first sparked my interest in dolphin conservation.
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I had never seen a dolphin and hadn't been especially interested at school.
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Then I found a book about dolphins forced from their Moray Firth home by oil companies and about a child who campaigned to protect them.
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I couldn't stop reading it.
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Before you hear the rest of the interview, you have some time to look at questions 16 to 20.
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Now listen and answer questions 16 to 20.
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Listeners will want to know how they can help.
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Could you explain the adopt a dolphin scheme?
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Sponsors choose a dolphin and receive its photograph and regular news.
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Four dolphins currently feature in the scheme.
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Moondancer, Echo, Kiwi and Samson.
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Echo has been difficult to find and our observers haven't seen him at all this year, though we hope he'll appear soon.
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The other three have been very visible.
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Samson and Moondancer are often photographed together, but Kiwi approaches cameras so frequently that she has been photographed hundreds of times.
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More than any of the others, each has a distinct personality.
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Moondancer moves through the water with elegant curves, while Samson is remarkably energetic and constantly leaps above the surface.
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Kiwi is actually the youngest dolphin, but Samson is the most recent addition to the adoption scheme.
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Kiwi is noisy so we can identify her quickly.
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Echo and Moondancer also make plenty of sound.
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Moondancer, however, is particularly easy to recognise because her back fin is unusually large.
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They certainly sound fascinating.
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That is the end of part two.
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You now have one minute to check your answers to part two.
