Cetacean Captivity with Marine Connection Podcast

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Thousands of people visit marine parks, buying a ticket to see dolphins and whales perform. Caring about cetaceans means doing what’s right for them, not what’s right for us.
More than 3,000 dolphins and whales are held in tanks around the world, purely for the benefit of humans. A life in captivity for cetaceans may appear harmless, but the reality is very different. Instead of a life in the wild where they live in close-knit family groups, travel great distances, and dive deep into their environment, dolphins and whales are forced to live in tanks a tiny fraction of the size of their natural home range, confronted by barriers in every direction.
Denied everything that is natural to them, these intelligent, social marine mammals suffer immense physical and psychological distress and damage - endless circling, tooth damage from bar/pool chewing, dorsal fin collapse, anxiety, frustration and depression - ultimately resulting in disease and premature death.
Wild and free is how they should be!
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