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Vancouver Olympics celebrate the image of BC wild salmon, ignore their plight in reality
February 18, 2010
Wild salmon swam spectacularly across the stadium floor in a virtual ocean during the Olympic opening ceremony. And while a narrator spoke of their cultural and ecological importance to 'super, natural' British Columbia – Olympic organizers’ appreciation for wild salmon stopped there, as mere entertainment, and does not extend into the real world where wild salmon are in crisis.