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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."

So they got the dolphins for free from another dolphinarium who abandoned them and can now claim that they “rescued them.” Yet continue to exploit them. Atlantis sucks.

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Anonymous wrote:This just further confirms to me that I need to take my kids to Discovery Cove before it closes.

You are vile

I’m hoping it’s just some teenager trolling. I would ignore post.

Anonymous wrote:This just further confirms to me that I need to take my kids to Discovery Cove before it closes.

You are vile

This just further confirms to me that I need to take my kids to Discovery Cove before it closes.

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Anonymous wrote:I just found out who Paul Nicklen is via this post and it turns out like all my IG friends follow him. Who knew! Ha.

That’s terrific! You might also want to follow David Yarrow @davidyarrow — extraordinary wildlife photographer. You’ve probably seen his photos from the Antarctic or Africa before in major publications. David Yarrow is working to raise critical funds for bushfire animal and habitat recovery on Kangaroo Island through selling this iconic koala photo through his Instagram page:

https://koalacomeback.com/

https://www.instagram.com/p/B75Ltran4Y9/

There is another guy on twitter who used to work at Marine Land. his name is Phil Demers and his handle is walrus whisperer. I first saw him on Joe Rogan's podcast. He has been in a legal battle with MarineLand for years but knows a lot about sea animals in captivity.

Thank you so much.

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Anonymous wrote:I just found out who Paul Nicklen is via this post and it turns out like all my IG friends follow him. Who knew! Ha.

That’s terrific! You might also want to follow David Yarrow @davidyarrow — extraordinary wildlife photographer. You’ve probably seen his photos from the Antarctic or Africa before in major publications. David Yarrow is working to raise critical funds for bushfire animal and habitat recovery on Kangaroo Island through selling this iconic koala photo through his Instagram page:

https://koalacomeback.com/

https://www.instagram.com/p/B75Ltran4Y9/

There is another guy on twitter who used to work at Marine Land. his name is Phil Demers and his handle is walrus whisperer. I first saw him on Joe Rogan's podcast. He has been in a legal battle with MarineLand for years but knows a lot about sea animals in captivity.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

How about camels? One of my bucket list items is to ride a camel in the Sahara in Morocco.

Aren't camels like horses? They're domesticated.

+ 1

If it's ok to ride a horse, it is ok to ride a camel.

It depends. Some camels are pretty mistreated for the sake of tourists. Others are well treated and are work 'horses' who carry people and belongings across places where cars can't go. I once did a very short bus tour in Morocco. They stopped at a 'camel stop' and everyone got off and could get a picture riding a camel. It was horrible. The camels didn't want to be there having hoards of tourists climb on and off their backs and the camel keepers were not very nice to the camels in their efforts to get them to be tourist ready. That whole thing to me was wrong and very exploitive. However I know of a couple who traveled across some off the beaten path areas on camel back and with donkeys for 3 weeks and they said the animals were very valued and well treated as they were working animals and needed to be healthy to do their jobs. Their owners really valued them as they were a big part of their livelyhood.

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Anonymous wrote:I liked how Disney brought in Jane Gooddall to give advice on how to do Animal kingdom in a kinder to animals ways and she speaks about how these things do raise awareness and that there are ways to do it that are better for the animals, too.

Keep telling yourself that. It’s still a zoo, not that there’s anything wrong with that.

You do-gooders ruined everything. I miss the good old days when people were people and animals were animals.

If you mean dolphins and orcas lived free in the wide open ocean with their pods rather than tossed balls in the air with their snouts and posed with tourists for photos, yes. Or black bears and elephants didn’t have to perform tricks in circuses, yes.

+100000 this! Yes, I miss the good ol days too.

Then I think you all are gonna have to give up your homes (which you’re not gonna do - because you are hypocrites) and go back to the Native American days because I think they’re the only ones who did it right.

And also air travel and SUV's.

Anonymous wrote:I just found out who Paul Nicklen is via this post and it turns out like all my IG friends follow him. Who knew! Ha.

That’s terrific! You might also want to follow David Yarrow @davidyarrow — extraordinary wildlife photographer. You’ve probably seen his photos from the Antarctic or Africa before in major publications. David Yarrow is working to raise critical funds for bushfire animal and habitat recovery on Kangaroo Island through selling this iconic koala photo through his Instagram page:

https://koalacomeback.com/

https://www.instagram.com/p/B75Ltran4Y9/

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I liked how Disney brought in Jane Gooddall to give advice on how to do Animal kingdom in a kinder to animals ways and she speaks about how these things do raise awareness and that there are ways to do it that are better for the animals, too.

Keep telling yourself that. It’s still a zoo, not that there’s anything wrong with that.

You do-gooders ruined everything. I miss the good old days when people were people and animals were animals.

If you mean dolphins and orcas lived free in the wide open ocean with their pods rather than tossed balls in the air with their snouts and posed with tourists for photos, yes. Or black bears and elephants didn’t have to perform tricks in circuses, yes.

+100000 this! Yes, I miss the good ol days too.

Then I think you all are gonna have to give up your homes (which you’re not gonna do - because you are hypocrites) and go back to the Native American days because I think they’re the only ones who did it right.

Anonymous wrote:Even training the dolphins treats the dolphins cruelly — they are often starved so they more readily do their tricks on demand for food.

And it is extremely stressful for the dolphins and orcas — they often have to interact with upwards of 50 people a day and are often medicated to deal with anxiety and stress l.

Cruise ships actively promote these swim-with-the-dolphin excursions.

From The Dolphin Project:

“Swim-with-dolphin programs place extraordinary amounts of stress on captive dolphins, who may interact with over 50 tourists a day. In preparation for these programs, dolphins undergo a grueling training regimen, including: food deprivation where mammals are kept hungry so they will perform on demand, routine medicating to combat the physical and psychological stresses placed upon them and other learned behaviors designed to force their submission. Many die prematurely due to illness or stress-related disorders as captive dolphins don’t get vacations.”

Ugh. Another reason not to like cruises.

Even training the dolphins treats the dolphins cruelly — they are often starved so they more readily do their tricks on demand for food.

And it is extremely stressful for the dolphins and orcas — they often have to interact with upwards of 50 people a day and are often medicated to deal with anxiety and stress l.

Cruise ships actively promote these swim-with-the-dolphin excursions.

From The Dolphin Project:

“Swim-with-dolphin programs place extraordinary amounts of stress on captive dolphins, who may interact with over 50 tourists a day. In preparation for these programs, dolphins undergo a grueling training regimen, including: food deprivation where mammals are kept hungry so they will perform on demand, routine medicating to combat the physical and psychological stresses placed upon them and other learned behaviors designed to force their submission. Many die prematurely due to illness or stress-related disorders as captive dolphins don’t get vacations.”

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I liked how Disney brought in Jane Gooddall to give advice on how to do Animal kingdom in a kinder to animals ways and she speaks about how these things do raise awareness and that there are ways to do it that are better for the animals, too.

Keep telling yourself that. It’s still a zoo, not that there’s anything wrong with that.

You do-gooders ruined everything. I miss the good old days when people were people and animals were animals.

If you mean dolphins and orcas lived free in the wide open ocean with their pods rather than tossed balls in the air with their snouts and posed with tourists for photos, yes. Or black bears and elephants didn’t have to perform tricks in circuses, yes.

+100000 this! Yes, I miss the good ol days too.

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Anonymous wrote:I liked how Disney brought in Jane Gooddall to give advice on how to do Animal kingdom in a kinder to animals ways and she speaks about how these things do raise awareness and that there are ways to do it that are better for the animals, too.

Keep telling yourself that. It’s still a zoo, not that there’s anything wrong with that.

You do-gooders ruined everything. I miss the good old days when people were people and animals were animals.

If you mean dolphins and orcas lived free in the wide open ocean with their pods rather than tossed balls in the air with their snouts and posed with tourists for photos, yes. Or black bears and elephants didn’t have to perform tricks in circuses, yes.

The captive dolphin trade is cruel.