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BARF!. Letter to the editor of UT from former VP of Operations at Sea World: LAB ENVIRONMENTS NEEDED FOR SPECIES Human actions and activities can affect all other living organisms on our planet. As stewards by default, we must often make decisions that affect other life-forms. A choice that favors one species frequently is made at the expense of others. To make the best decisions possible, it is necessary to acquire all the knowledge that can be amassed about the species involved. It is naive and unrealistic to think we can learn about and understand the animals and plants on Earth without bringing them into captive and laboratory environments. Not only does captivity allow us to study certain aspects of these organisms that are impossible to investigate in nature, it also gives humans a proximity to them that creates empathy, concern and appreciation. Decisions made in the context of ignorance or apathy may have serious negative and irreversible consequences on our planet. Only when we have a complete comprehension of other species can we make judicious management decisions benefiting the environment, its inhabitants and the future of planet Earth. Jim Antrim Former VP/Zoological Operations SeaWorld Pacific Beach utsandiego/news/2014/jun/06/democrats-seaworld-point-loma/
Posted on: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 18:15:00 +0000

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