Sea World & other big marine facilities, an educational experience or an example of Cruelty?

[OliveFish05]

I love the movie dolphin tale... Winter is a dolphin that had to be kept in captivity. Ive been wanting to go to the clearwater aquarium for a long time. They keep dolphins only if they are injured or sick and then "re train" them for the wild to set them free. Although winter's case was special because his tail became so injured that they had to remove it. So now he lives at the clear water aquarium with a comfortable prosthetic tail that moves naturally and has a friend named hope who also has something incurable

I love that movie. We were visiting Florida (only 2 hours from clearwater) when they were doing an event with the cast from DolphinTale, but we weren't able to go.

I think it is very different if the animals are rescues or if the breeding is for conservation purposes. And the level of care provided, of course.

 

[Rocky998]

I love that movie. We were visiting Florida (only 2 hours from clearwater) when they were doing an event with the cast from DolphinTale, but we weren't able to go.

I think it is very different if the animals are rescues or if the breeding is for conservation purposes. And the level of care provided, of course.

Wow! Thats so cool. Sad you couldnt go.

 

[OliveFish05]

Wow! Thats so cool. Sad you couldnt go.

Yeah same. I wanted to sooo bad.

 

[Rocky998]

Yeah same. I wanted to sooo bad.

One of my friend's sister actually was able to swim with a dolphin! She saved up a lot of money and was able to go. I was jealous but in a healthy way.

 

[OliveFish05]

One of my friend's sister actually was able to swim with a dolphin! She saved up a lot of money and was able to go. I was jealous but in a healthy way.

Ooooo lucky her! I know what you mean

I once went to Mexico with my family, and there was this business that had fenced in a large portion of a bay and let people meet and ride the dolphins. I was too little to really be able to know if it was humane or not

 

[Rocky998]

Ooooo lucky her! I know what you mean

I once went to Mexico with my family, and there was this business that had fenced in a large portion of a bay and let people meet and ride the dolphins. I was too little to really be able to know if it was humane or not

That almost sounds cool but inhumane...

 

[Rocky998]

I didnt know there were font sizes LOL

 

[Myraan]

Some of us old(er) people knew about font sizes on these new fangled computer things before you were born

 

[Rocky998]

Some of us old(er) people knew about font sizes on these new fangled computer things before you were born

I knew about font sizes and stuff but I didnt know that you could do that on this site

 

[OliveFish05]

That almost sounds cool but inhumane...

I mean it was a big, fenced area of the ocean, and they had a whole pod of dolphins, but who knows

 

[Rocky998]

I mean it was a big, fenced area of the ocean, and they had a whole pod of dolphins, but who knows

Yah, I truthfully cant say anything as I havent seen it

 

[Salt]

General Poll on members opinions to Orcas and/or Big Fish & Mammals being kept in Captivity.

Feel free to comment your opinion but please also respect others views on the matter.

Link to the Blackfish Documentary here for those Interested

This is all based on facts and some Scenes can be Distressing and at times Upseting

not reccomended for children unless an adult is present.

I got around to watching this today. Absolutely unbelievable: Watching the SeaWorld officials lie their tails off on the sand, hearing the people talk about being part of separating the babies from the mother's, definitely not an easy viewing experience but an educational one.
I couldn't believe the trainers at one SeaWorld wouldn't know about a near fatal accident or injury at another one! The whole thing was just jaw-dropping!

 

[Deleted member 149562]

Alternatives......webcams

Malta National Aquarium : https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/malta/malta/st-paul-s-bay/malta-national-aquarium.html

Or in the wild/seabed, webcams in Greece & Maldives : https://www.fishforums.net/threads/for-those-who-wish.475578/

The wild ones are best imho...way more fish....and the occasional human cleaning the lens too if lucky

 

[OliveFish05]

I’ve got a long car ride today and am going to watch the full video. I watched part of it with my sister yesterday and she won’t stop talking it about, I suspect she will watch the full thing too.

 

[Rocky998]

I got around to watching this today. Absolutely unbelievable: Watching the SeaWorld officials lie their tails off on the sand, hearing the people talk about being part of separating the babies from the mother's, definitely not an easy viewing experience but an educational one.
I couldn't believe the trainers at one SeaWorld wouldn't know about a near fatal accident or injury at another one! The whole thing was just jaw-dropping!

I like the show "The Zoo" they try their hardest to care the very best for their animals there at the New York zoo