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.
#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,
Dolphin-Assisted Therapy is bad for dolphins and bad for #patients. It is a #scam that brings in huge amounts of money; it is bad for dolphins that are confined to #captivity separated from their #freedom and their loved ones, and it is bad for patients and their families who are getting soaked in more ways than one.
Please join us in asking #Congress to please end all Dolphin-Assisted Therapy programs.
END ALL IMPORTS & EXPORTS OF DOLPHINS ACROSS U.S. BORDERS
Captive #dolphins and #whales are transported across the world to #aquariums and #MarineParks. These animals are ripped away from their families and all they know, forced to live in barren concrete #tanks. Transportation is a stressful process for these animals. The journey itself poses significant risks. Stress-induced illnesses and health problems are an issue and in the worst cases it can lead to death. When transported,
sometimes for hours, dolphins and whales are forced to lay immobile in small transportation containers without natural light and air.
Wild dolphins live in highly complex #social structures and travel many miles a day. They use a complicated system of clicks and whistles to communicate with one another and echolocation to navigate and hunt. #Captivity confines these self-aware animals to small, sterile tanks. With little to no stimulation and insufficient space to roam,
Imagine living your entire life in your living room, the vast world outside becoming an alien concept. For #dolphins in #MarineParks, this analogy becomes a harsh reality. Confined within the limited dimensions of an artificial enclosure, these sentient creatures endure a daily assault of bright lights and booming noises, while their instinctive urge to explore and socialize is constantly thwarted.
#Dolphins are built for the boundless #ocean, where they travel huge distances, socialise with their #pod, hunt for food, and navigate through challenges.
But in #captivity, their world shrinks drastically. They’re confined in limited spaces, surrounded by artificial environments, and subjected to continuous human interaction and unnatural behaviours, all for humans’ amusement.
It is with a heavy heart that I write to you on the first red cove day of 2023, a day that witnessed the ruthless #hunting and #slaughter of ~10 innocent Risso's #dolphins in #Taiji. The dolphins fought hard to escape but after a 2 hour chase, the entire #pod was forced into the cove and brutally killed.
Our team is not just standing by. At the end of August we submitted an appeal
We are fighting to end the #DolphinHunt drives for good. Every year, fishermen herd hundreds of dolphins into a narrow cove in #Taiji, #Japan. Terrified, these dolphins are captured or killed. We’re targeting the two economic drivers – the sale of dolphins into #captivity, and the #slaughter of dolphins for food.
I quite enjoy the animal picture accounts, hourly foxes, capybaras, etc.
Recently I've become aware of how many of those pictures are of animals in captivity or inappropriately in people's houses. And puzzling over the difference between a domesticated dog and a capybara in someone's house. Perhaps capys want to be domesticated just as ancient canines chose. And perhaps they should just be allowed to stay wild.
The changing role of zoos from animal penitentiaries to places saving species also plays into this.
But, people using cuteness to sell captured wildlife is just wrong. And I'm increasingly uncomfortable with giving my attention to cuteness that results in captivity.
And then there are platforms carefully avoiding awareness of what they enable...
I posted before about Russian "trial" over Ukrainians from Azovstal. The daughter of one of our Defenders recognized her father on the photo. She shared his pictures before captivity and now. Punishment will come. 📷: kristykoshka9/Instagram
16 kidnapped police employees released in southern Mexico (apnews.com)
Sixteen police employees who were kidnapped in southern Mexico have been released after three days of captivity.
[Anton Gerashchenko] posted before about Russian "trial" over Ukrainians from Azovstal. The daughter of one of our Defenders recognized her father on the photo. She shared his pictures before captivity and now. (nitter.nl)
I posted before about Russian "trial" over Ukrainians from Azovstal. The daughter of one of our Defenders recognized her father on the photo. She shared his pictures before captivity and now. Punishment will come. 📷: kristykoshka9/Instagram