A moment of mourning on the volcano

From Fox:

2nd Dolphin Calf Dies at Baltimore's National Aquarium

BALTIMORE - The second of two bottlenose dolphin calves born in April at the National Aquarium has died.


The calf died Saturday -- less than a week after the first baby dolphin died.


Aquarium officials say the unnamed female calf's health began failing on Friday, and it died Saturday evening. The cause of death is unknown. Lab results are expected in the next two weeks.


Up to one-third of baby dolphins don't survive their first year, whether they're born in the wild or in captivity. Of the 14 calves born at the aquarium since 1992, five died within their first year, and two more died as juveniles.


Sue Hunter, the aquarium's director of animal programs, says in a statement that "this has been an extremely sad and difficult week."

The death of a couple of fish makes the news. We kill a million human calves babies each year in abortion clinics. The media response is silence. No headlines there. I'm sorry about the two dolphins,  and my heart goes out to the millions of babies.

I'm not saying that it's wrong to regret the death of innocent animals. I'm saying that neo-pagans lack standing to mourn the deaths of innocents. We're like Aztecs ritually slaughtering children wholesale, pausing to mourn the death of a puppy.

Our culture is sick.