Keeping #dolphins, #orcas and other cetaceans in #captivity is cruel. Depriving them of the vast open spaces and social bonds that they would normally have in the wild, and confining them to small, concrete #tanks to perform tricks for dead fish is highly unethical for these complex marine mammals. No matter how sophisticated the enclosure, no man made facility can ever hope to replicate the wild world of dolphins and whales.
ASK CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES TO END ALL TIES TO DOLPHIN CAPTIVITY
Dolphin Project is requesting that #CarnivalCruiseLines — Carnival Corporation & #PLC end their collaborations and partnerships with the #DolphinCaptivity industry. The dolphin captivity industry is responsible for the immense #suffering and premature #deaths of #dolphins and other #whales across the world.
END ALL CAPTURES OF DOLPHINS FOR PUBLIC DISPLAY IN U.S. TERRITORIAL WATERS
There has not been a dolphin capture for public display in U.S. Territorial waters since 1993 due to the #MarineMammalProtectionAct. It's incredibly difficult for an #aquarium to obtain permits to capture #dolphins humanely, but unfortunately it is still not considered illegal. We need an amendment of the MMPA to include a clause that will end the #capture of dolphins for public display.
by dolphins during their interactions. It is next to impossible to determine the behavior of a #cetacean on a daily basis, especially considering captive dolphins are stressed and frustrated. Expecting the #dolphins, children and adults to follow the rules is extremely far-fetched.
Dolphin-Assisted Therapy has become a very lucrative #business that presents a serious threat to the welfare of dolphins in that it creates further captures, trade, and captive breeding of #dolphins worldwide. Furthermore, it takes advantage of desperate and vulnerable parents who readily pay large sums of money to give their ill or disabled children what the billion-dollar dolphin captivity industry advertises as a life-enhancing
#Dolphins are free ranging, social, sonic, and highly intelligent #MarineMammals. The vastness and #BiologicalDiversity of the open #sea, in which dolphins and other #whales have developed over more than 50 million years, cannot be duplicated in a tank or an enclosure in the sea. Consequently, the complexity of dolphins’ behavioral repertoire cannot be accommodated in #captivity. Based on today’s knowledge of cetaceans’ sophisticated physiology and highly developed emotional sense,
one must conclude that confining #dolphins and other #whales to a small space inevitably causes #stress in the animals. This negative effect is reinforced by the fact that dolphins used in swim programs have to be trained by the means of #FoodControl to endure the constant pressure of being treated as #pets. If they don’t perform, such as pulling people along through the water or “kissing” people, they don’t eat.
was in large part based on the fact that it became too #dangerous for the #actors to be in the water with the #dolphins. Obviously a 3-400 pound frustrated animal can cause serious injury to a human being.
The issue of using dolphins as a tool to obtain a feel-good experience is not one of #science, but of #ethics: It is inherently hypocritical to capture and confine dolphins — thereby destroying the quality of their lives — in an attempt to enhance our own.
A surprise fossil found in the Amazon rainforest connects to both ancient saltwater dolphins and contemporary freshwater kin. The largest river dolphin fossil has been found — thousands of miles from its nearest living relative, reports an international group of paleontologists in Science Advances....
For #meermittwoch#seawednesday A Bottlenose dolphin surfacing in a bronze coloured sea at sunset, a pattern of dark lines, tiny waves, visible in the photo as well as the dark silhouette of the dolphins dorsal fin and body as it surfaces to breathe. Inner Moray Firth, Scotland. #dolphins#Scotland#Sunset
A pair of Bottlenose dolphins in a glassy sea, with a parked oil rig in the background. Inner Moray Firth, Scotland. #DolphinsOfMastodon#dolphins#Scotland
Nouvel épisode des Phin’Talks de la Phin’Equipe qui recevait Patrick Cobbs : “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard” #NFL#Miami#Dolphins#MiamiDolphins#FinsUp
The Suprise Discovery Of The World's Largest Prehistoric Dolphin Reveals Unlikely Link (www.discovermagazine.com)
A surprise fossil found in the Amazon rainforest connects to both ancient saltwater dolphins and contemporary freshwater kin. The largest river dolphin fossil has been found — thousands of miles from its nearest living relative, reports an international group of paleontologists in Science Advances....