" #SeaWorld claims to be “striving to provide an enthusiastic, imaginative, and intellectually stimulating?!?!?! atmosphere to help students and guests develop a lifelong appreciation, understanding, and stewardship for our environment” and “to instill a respect for all living creatures”. Although information about dolphin biology, behavior and, to a lesser extent, conservation, is provided through display boards and narration by Education staff, the context in which the information is delivered at a Petting Pool seriously diminishes its value and impact. Hand-feeding dead fish to obese dolphins in a cramped, overcrowded and featureless tank of chemically-treated water provides visitors with scant insight into normal dolphin behavior in the natural environment. By reducing dolphins, and indeed other species, to a theme-park attraction, Petting Pools may be perpetuating a dangerous indifference towards their welfare and that of their wild counterparts."-from Biting the hand that feeds, the case against dolphin petting pools, by the WDCS.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 11:15:54 +0000
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