If I’m not mistaken, those very same Dolphins are the ones that were taken out with the tide during Katrina in Mississippi, and even though raised in captivity, SURVIVED out to sea for months on end until someone went looking for them.
I thought I read about this in this past Sunday’s paper?
I’m pretty sure I read that they ended up in Vegas.
All that aside, I REALLY hate Zoos and Circuses and Animal ‘Shows’ of any stripe - though I, myself, am not above making my dog ‘beg’ for a treat. ;)
Much of this protest seems focused on a promoting a movie about it and the killing of dolphins for food (in addition to the captivity).
They say that it is wrong to put them in the desert but they also say that it is wrong to put them in a tank “the size of a bathtub” anywhere.
There are some animal species that are endangered and would not continue to exist if not for captivity. This does not defend the practice and treatment, but the wild is not a safe or friendly place either.
I REALLY hate Zoos and Circuses and Animal ‘Shows’ of any stripe.
I agree. I consider zoos inhumane. I believe there should be much fewer zoos in the USA and around the world. We should have maybe 6 - 8 in the entire nation and they should be at major attractions — Disney area, the San Diego zoo, etc., .....
And I would prefer the animals kept there be animals that were rescued if there are not other alternatives.
Knew the head veterinarian for a Sea World. The “touch the dolphin” tank occupants suffered from stress ulcers from a-hole hewmans lunging out at them to touch them as they swam by. The vet had to give them prescription Tagamet anti-ulcer medication. Porpoises are quite intelligent and subject to these kinds of injuries under stress.
Now a touch the shark tank? I asked him if sharks ever got ulcers, and he said, no-— not even cancer. They are too mean to get anything but...shot.
So you prefer that endangered animals be eaten alive in the wild as opposed to dying of old age at the San Diego Zoo or Sea World?