Chile Creates Large Marine Reserve at Sala y Gómez Island

http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/news/chiefeditor/2010/10/chile-creates-large-marine-res.html

 After the Waitt Foundation, Oceana, and National Geographic went on an expedition earlier this year to seek out marine divergence in waters surrounding a small Chilean island called Sala y Gomez, the Chilean government set up a reserve that branched out 150,000 square kilometers around the tiny island. This reserve will protect the species that have become quite vulnerable in other parts of the ocean due to the over fishing. The reserve covers 100 times more than what was protected before. According to marine ecologist and National Geographic Ocean Fellow, Dr. Enric Sala, Sala y Gomez is one of the "...undisturbed and relatively pristine places left in the ocean." The Sala y Gomez Marine Park does not cover the entire seamounts in its surrounding waters, according to Professor Dr. Carlos Gaymer, at Universidad Catolica de Norte and Southeast Pacific coordinator for the International Union for Conservation of Nature's World Commission on Protected Areas. Oceanas hope is that Chile will expand its reserve to 200 miles out. Another expedition is hoped to be conducted in 2012 for an extensive search of the baseline of the ecological community and to inspect seamounts that are not involved in the Sala y Gomez Marine Park.
I think that these researchers and scientists genuinely want to help save these animals, but sometimes it annoys me that theyll spend thousands and thousands of dollars on these trips and on the research, but when it comes to children who are starving and aborted babies in the U.S. its left to 'others' to campaign and raise money to save them. An animal has no soul, but a human being does. Why dont they put their borrowed money to some use over here. INVEST in lives for a change. I know that this is totally off topic, but this is my opinion and how i feel. When i was reading the article i couldnt help but feel annoyed and disgusted with their zeal for their cause. I do not empathize with them, nor will i support their cause.