#anti-captivity

[moana-matron-designs]

This feeling <3

His dorsal fin in this shot looks a lot more bent than it actually is though, his name is Funky Monkey and his fin is wiggly and just wobbles around a lot ‘cos he’s a BIG boi.

Photo  © Kate O’Neil / orcaresearch.org (not to be used without permission)

[seolhesart]

Tilikum was a male orca, captured in Iceland in 1983. Most known for being involved in the deaths of 3 people, Keltie Byrne, Daniel P. Dukes and Dawn Brancheau, he was also the main subject of the 2013 documentary Blackfish. He passed away in 2017. Art from 2017. Main

[acti-veg]

Hundreds of zoos and aquariums accused of mistreating animals

Many "gold-standard" zoos and aquariums worldwide let visitors pet, feed, and take selfies with animals, a new report finds.

According to the report from the non-profit group World Animal Protection, 75% of World Association of Zoos and Aquariums 1,241 direct and indirect members featured some variety of animal-visitor interaction. To make wild animals interact with, and perform for, visitors, harsh training methods are frequently used that inflict appalling suffering. Depending on the species, and the type of attraction, these methods can involve premature separation of baby animals from their mothers, starvation, physical restraint, pain and fear.

[excessively-english-jd]

Hey cetacean people of Tumblr!!

SeaLife has opened up a beluga sanctuary!! A closed-bay wild water sanctuary in Iceland, where the belugas have plenty of room to swim and dive, and interact with a more natural ocean.

The SeaLife Trust Beluga Whale Sanctuary has been set up for its two current residents, Little White and Little Grey, who were previously captive whales in Russia. Find more info on the sanctuary, and help support it, by following that link there!!

[bloomfish]

sometimes it just hits me but i love animals so much. like yesterday i got home a bit drunk and i just lay on my bed watching videos of elephants for like 2 hours. and im just looking at lion pictures now. animals are the most amazing thing i wish we (humans) hadnt distanced ourselves so much from them by exploiting and abusing and murdering them so that we could still live among them and be part of that world. now we just create zoos and safaris and buy and sell animals in a vain attempt to get close to nature, not realising that locking animals up/breeding them for our consumption and entertainment is the furthest away from nature we can get. the best thing we can do for animals is just leave them alone at this point. i love animals so much but we don’t deserve them or to be close to them because all we seem to do is exploit them. one day people will realise this i hope

[ducttapehoney]

turn your sound on

[thelonelywhale]

Some thoughts on Kasatka...

I’m grateful they were willing and able to end her suffering rather than let her continue to waste away.

No mention of the horrible skin lesions she was suffering from in addition to (or as a result of) her chronic bacterial respiratory infection...

4-year old Makani is now motherless. At least he has his siblings, Nakai and Kalia. Perhaps they or another female (Corky) will step in to help with him? I don’t know all of the specifics of their “pod” dynamics, so it’s hard for me to say.

In addition to the last point, the San Diego “pod” is now without a matriarch.

SeaWorld called Kasatka an old orca “by the most current research” [x]. No, she was an old orca by captivity standards. We know for a fact that female orcas live an average of 50-60 years in the wild.

No mention of Kasatka being wild-caught (no surprise there though).

[adrenaline-revolver]

Just a quick reminder! If you’re against zoos you’re against the preservation and revival of endangered species, safe havens for injured animals, and education for future conservationists!

If the conditions of a zoo bother you the best option is to try to raise money so they can spend it on improvements!

Have a nice day!