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Anonymous wrote:PSA — if you are heading to warmer climates.

I’ve just learned that they kill adult dolphins and steal their babies so they can be trained for those “Swim with the Dolphin” events at marine parks and exclusive resorts.

World-renowned wildlife photographer and founder of Sea Legacy conservation group has a truly horrifying video of one of these dolphin hunts on his Instagram site.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B8WnpbeJpFf/

It’s truly horrific and barbaric to watch.

Please boycott these events and spread the word to help end this cruelty. Thanks.

No thanks. I'm not watching a horrific barbaric video. If you can find other sources that confirm this, please post. I googled and did not find anything confirming this claim.

Wow. Legit and internationally-respected group, The Dolphin Project, is the source of this video. You don’t have to watch the video —but to deny these drive hunts to corner and kill the adult dolphins and steal their babies is despicable. The evidence is right there.

@dolphin_project
@paulnicklen

This was not included in the OP. Just a link, which I was NOT going to watch did not indicate the source.

I am OP. The link was to Instagram page of Paul Nicklen, world-renowned wildlife photographer. It had description of dolphin hunts and you could choose whether to watch it or not. All the source info from The Dolphin Project was listed in his description. You didn’t even read it.

OP, are you Paul whatshisnuts? Is there a reason that all 4-5 times you responded, you used his name with the exact same specific descriptor? You a fangirl? Or just a weirdo?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PSA — if you are heading to warmer climates.

I’ve just learned that they kill adult dolphins and steal their babies so they can be trained for those “Swim with the Dolphin” events at marine parks and exclusive resorts.

World-renowned wildlife photographer and founder of Sea Legacy conservation group has a truly horrifying video of one of these dolphin hunts on his Instagram site.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B8WnpbeJpFf/

It’s truly horrific and barbaric to watch.

Please boycott these events and spread the word to help end this cruelty. Thanks.

No thanks. I'm not watching a horrific barbaric video. If you can find other sources that confirm this, please post. I googled and did not find anything confirming this claim.

Wow. Legit and internationally-respected group, The Dolphin Project, is the source of this video. You don’t have to watch the video —but to deny these drive hunts to corner and kill the adult dolphins and steal their babies is despicable. The evidence is right there.

@dolphin_project
@paulnicklen

This was not included in the OP. Just a link, which I was NOT going to watch did not indicate the source.

I am OP. The link was to Instagram page of Paul Nicklen, world-renowned wildlife photographer. It had description of dolphin hunts and you could choose whether to watch it or not. All the source info from The Dolphin Project was listed in his description. You didn’t even read it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PSA — if you are heading to warmer climates.

I’ve just learned that they kill adult dolphins and steal their babies so they can be trained for those “Swim with the Dolphin” events at marine parks and exclusive resorts.

World-renowned wildlife photographer and founder of Sea Legacy conservation group has a truly horrifying video of one of these dolphin hunts on his Instagram site.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B8WnpbeJpFf/

It’s truly horrific and barbaric to watch.

Please boycott these events and spread the word to help end this cruelty. Thanks.

No thanks. I'm not watching a horrific barbaric video. If you can find other sources that confirm this, please post. I googled and did not find anything confirming this claim.

Wow. Legit and internationally-respected group, The Dolphin Project, is the source of this video. You don’t have to watch the video —but to deny these drive hunts to corner and kill the adult dolphins and steal their babies is despicable. The evidence is right there.

@dolphin_project
@paulnicklen

This was not included in the OP. Just a link, which I was NOT going to watch did not indicate the source.

There are ways of "using" wild animals and domesticated animals in ways that promote conservation efforts without traumatizing them.

I am all for that, since apparently humans cannot relate well to abstract causes (see the decades of research on climate change before it developed into a global awareness). The Chinese loans of giant pandas around the world and their artificial insemination efforts is the prime example of a successful program.

There are organizations that exploit animals for profit, mostly but not limited to poorer countries (animals in shows, or small zoos). Avoid those. Elsewhere, be sure to ask the right questions, and enjoy the animals!

This is not true of all dolphin swim places. Come on.

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Anonymous wrote:All of the dolphins at Atlantis were orphaned/homeless from Hurricane Katrina. They have an enormous beautiful lagoon.

????? How can they be orphaned when they live in water?

https://www.atlantisbahamas.com/things-to-do/dolphin-cay

"Dolphin Cay is one of the largest and most sophisticated marine-mammal habitats in the world. Our first residents were 17 stranded dolphins and 10 sea lions whose home in Gulfport, Mississippi was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Dolphin Cay is also the Caribbean’s premier marine animal rehabilitation facility."

Anonymous wrote:All of the dolphins at Atlantis were orphaned/homeless from Hurricane Katrina. They have an enormous beautiful lagoon.

????? How can they be orphaned when they live in water?

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Anonymous wrote:Well, I did a dolphin encounter at blue lagoon in the Bahamas with my kids. We didn’t ride the dolphins, but we interacted with them. The dolphin was a mother who would occasionally swim away from the instructor to nudge her baby back to the area whenever he swam off. The instructor would explain that her mama duties come first, and assured us that she would be back once she got her little one back to the area.

It’s a conservation sanctuary. It was education based. I am confident they didn’t steal and kill dolphins. They were breeding them and they seemed well cared for in huge open lagoons.

So how, exactly, did they get the mother? And train her?

She could easily be a rescue that after they rehabbed her she still couldn't survive on her own in the wild.

Yes, that is true. However, it is fact that these harvesters create many orphans that are passed off to these facilities and marine parks.

I am not going to watch the videos, but I agree that interacting with, riding, doing whatever with dolphins is inhumane. I would never do it.

All of the dolphins at Atlantis were orphaned/homeless from Hurricane Katrina. They have an enormous beautiful lagoon.

Riding dolphins > Eating dolphins

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, I did a dolphin encounter at blue lagoon in the Bahamas with my kids. We didn’t ride the dolphins, but we interacted with them. The dolphin was a mother who would occasionally swim away from the instructor to nudge her baby back to the area whenever he swam off. The instructor would explain that her mama duties come first, and assured us that she would be back once she got her little one back to the area.

It’s a conservation sanctuary. It was education based. I am confident they didn’t steal and kill dolphins. They were breeding them and they seemed well cared for in huge open lagoons.

So how, exactly, did they get the mother? And train her?

She could easily be a rescue that after they rehabbed her she still couldn't survive on her own in the wild.

Maybe they rescued?

Maybe they changed the way they do business with a conservation approach?

Point is: I didn’t ride a dolphin; I learned about them, paid to support the education and conservation effort, and got to be very close (standing in chest deep water), stroke the dolphin, etc.

I am completely anti any 'swim with the dolphins' or 'ride the elephant' type exploitive tourist thing however your info is wrong. Animals that bring in $$ are treated pretty terribly in most parts of the world.

Anonymous wrote:Okay I just googled “is it bad to swim with dolphins” and I’m convinced it’s bad for the dolphins. I won’t do it.

Yep, we rode dolphins during our honeymoon over a decade ago--when I got back and mentioned to a coworker, she told me how bad this is for the dolphins. I wouldn't do it now.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, I did a dolphin encounter at blue lagoon in the Bahamas with my kids. We didn’t ride the dolphins, but we interacted with them. The dolphin was a mother who would occasionally swim away from the instructor to nudge her baby back to the area whenever he swam off. The instructor would explain that her mama duties come first, and assured us that she would be back once she got her little one back to the area.

It’s a conservation sanctuary. It was education based. I am confident they didn’t steal and kill dolphins. They were breeding them and they seemed well cared for in huge open lagoons.

So how, exactly, did they get the mother? And train her?

She could easily be a rescue that after they rehabbed her she still couldn't survive on her own in the wild.