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    While I'm sure some facilities provide for animals who are surplus, and some provide ongoing care, there are other rogue parks that shoot their surplus animals and cut back on maintaining the animals' environments if funds run short. Unfortunately, Marineland in Caada seems to be one of the latter.

    http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2...eer_bears.html

    http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2...ffers_say.html

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    Also, in another development, a woman from South Carolina is filing a class action lawsuit that could act as a key to force disclosure of what is really going on at SeaWorld. If the lawsuit cets certified and goes to the discovery phase, SeaWorld could be forced to reveal everything about the psychiatric drugs they give the orcas (the orcas are given antipsychotic medications)

    http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...whales-lawsuit

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mermaid Galene View Post
    Moana, thanks for pointing out some of the hidden costs of orca captivity. It is is so important for the consumer public to learn all of the details about SeaWorld's crass, abusive, and neglectful practices. Most people are not educated enough to consider all the many ways in which cetacean captivity/entertainment impacts the captive animals as well as the ocean itself. We merfolk have, I think, a moral responsibility to bring these details to light via social media and our public interactions.
    I actually think what you're saying is the key to making a difference here. Unfortunately the methods activism employed in the past no longer work in our late capitalist, social media laden society. The average individual has learned to ignore protesting, sit ins, and petitions, brushing these off as forms of radicalism. The reason I wanted to be a Mermaid is to make a change in a way that is effective long term and it starts with little things like inspiring a single child to recycle and turn off the lights. To bigger things like Hannah swimming with Whale Sharks and Manta Rays. These become inspiring and catch the attention of those who are immune to traditional forms of social change. But this is just my opinion; social media and public interactions in a creative manner are the new way to make these changes.

    I totally disagree with nearly everything SeaWorld does, and honestly believe they're doing more harm then good. But I have to agree with Moana that unfortunately we won't be seeing them closing anytime soon. I think they can never truly "redeem" themselves but will continue to invest more funds into their PR and eventually the repercussions of things like Blackfish will be buried. We've seen it with all kinds of large American entities like Disney World and McDonald's. The best thing we can do is to inspire and educate so future generations associate entertainment with positive change rather then captivity.

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    A sea lions lens actually popped out the eye? And a guy shoot a deer through the windpipe over euthanization? my god...I can't even

    I heard about the lawsuits, I want to say SeaWorld claims one of them is a political stunt by Hargrove for his book but I honestly can't remember where I read it and I'm sure I'm misquoting it. I definitely want to know more about the mental health of SeaWorlds animals. A lot of people asked about the antipsychotics but those questions were never answered. The only medication info they provided was that they gave medication when needed...so not really any information. I feel like they're dodging some questions and probably won't answer any more.

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    lawsuit number 3 https://www.thedodo.com/seaworld-thi...090437186.html

    A new video they posted on dolphin training https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugjWVxoFpr0

    Their response to seapens http://ask.seaworldcares.com/?p=278

    They don't seem to be answering many questions any more their recent activity in that was a couple of additions to FAQ and the only direct response to someone was about blackfish. I have noticed that some questions that have yet to be answered are being retweeted and quoted on twitter with the addition of #AnwserTheQ I don't know if SeaWorld will follow up on questions being pushed or they are hoping everyone will just forget about them.

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    The whales need anti-psychotic medication? It hurts imagining how bad it must be for them.
    Looks like I've got a lot of reading up to do with everything you've all posted about here.

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