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Tell Sports San Diego That There’s Nothing Sporting About SeaWorld! | PETA
Please tell Sports San Diego that there is nothing sporting about confining orcas and other marine animals to tiny concrete tanks!
Sports San Diego (a trade name of the San Diego Bowl Game Association) still promotes SeaWorld on its Holiday Bowl website, despite knowing that the abusement park confines sensitive, intelligent orcas.
Orcas hunting @ Punta Norte - Patagonia Argentina 🇦🇷🐬💪
Credit © 🎞 ✅ @thejourney_and_thedestination Beautiful photo ✒ #Repost @thejourney_and_thedestination —— thejourney_and_thedestination ~~~ “50 shades of grey and black!” . . Spent the afternoon with the northern resident orca whales (A50’s and A54’s) and a small pod of pacific white sided dolphins. The dolphins are lucky they didn’t end up on the lunch menu, as the resident killer whales only eat fish. . The dolphins are very fast swimmers, hence difficult to photograph. I was happy when several surfaced at the same time as the orcas!! . It was lovely day with haze and fog making for an interesting backdrop for the photo. . . . . . . #pacificnorthwest #northvancouver #blackfishsound #orcas #killerwhales #northernresidentkillerwhales #emptythetanks #bigocean #orcawhale #wildlifefriend #nofishnoblackfish #blackfish #animalconservation #savetheocean #wildlifeplanet #naturelover #wanderlust #passion_passport #hellobc #britishcolumbia #animals_in_world #instagood #dolphinsofinstagram #cetaceans #whalewatching #marinelife #whalesofinstagram #dolphins🐬 #canadatravel (at Blackfish Sound) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cghj8ipqnp9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Recently, as part of the Empty the Tanks campaign we had volunteers travel to Mexico in order to document the dolphin captivity facilities w
Recently, Empty the Tanks - Capitulo México volunteers went to investigate dolphinariums within the state of Quintana Roo, a tourism hotspot where you can find places such as Cancun and Cozumel. Shockingly, this small area has 19 marine parks that profit off of the exploitation of cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises).
In an article from the Dolphin Project, founder of Empty the Tanks, Rachel Carbary, describes what volunteers found at “Delphinus”, a company that operates several marine parks in the region under the same brand name. Poor water quality, pollution in the animals environment, blatant falsities to guests in regards to how dolphin family units work, noise pollution and shockingly small tank size were just some of what volunteers found.
Dolphins were documented to have abrasions on their rostrums at a location in Playa Mujeres due to the constant foot work that occurs in dolphin interactions. At another location in Cancun, the cetaceans were found to have excessive rake marks (teeth on skin gashes) across their bodies:
“Rake marks such as what we see on the dolphins in captivity are well beyond what is seen or documented in the wild. There is a Delphinus facility inside The Interactive Aquarium in Cancun, and there were obvious signs of tank mate bullying taking place there. On each of the visits to that location, volunteers witnessed a single dolphin being bullied so badly it would jump out of the water and onto the edge of the tank to get away from the other dolphins. Again, in the wild these animals have the entire ocean when they need to flee, but in captivity they are trapped.”
These are just two examples of the shockingly horrible conditions volunteers found at Delphinus parks. To read more, please check out the full article published above.
Image by @jim_abernethy // We are definitely enjoying the wild dolphin encounters between Tiger Beach Tigers, Hammerheads, Bulls, Lemons, Nurse, Reefs and Bimini's Hammerheads, Bulls and Nurse Sharks! The Atlantic Spotted Dolphins are known worldwide as the friendliest dolphins! Spending time with them is a definitely a life-changing experience! Enjoy but Please Protect! @wildlifevoiceinc #beautiful #lifechanging #inspirational #worthmorealive #savesharks #tigerbeach #epicencounters #ilovesharks #ilovedolphins #bekindtoanimals #dontbuytheticket #epicencounters #EmptyTheTanks #whenthebuyingstopsthekillincanto (at The Bahamas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CY9zbyXJvPS/?utm_medium=tumblr
Cetaceans dont belong in tanks, if you wanna see them, know them, go do it but in their natural habitat and being responsible.
Dont buy tickets to see them in captivity.
I haven’t seen anything about it on tumblr so: today marked 50 years since Tokitae/Lolita the orca was abducted from her family pod to be kept in isolated captivity at the Miami Seaquarium where she still lives today, alone, in the smallest orca tank in North America
Until Lolita is Home fb
Retire Lolita
Orca Network’s retirement proposal
captivity is abuse
March 29th – international mermaid day! . . . . Remembering a recent collaboration with the amazing @noholdenback and @petauk to help raise awareness about the plight of #orcas and other #cetaceans in captivity. #emptythetanks . . . #oceanlover #bluemind #underwater #conservation #saveouroceans #blueocean #mermaid #photography #nobluenogreen #underwaterphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CNATn5dBYkd/?igshid=1udnulknj22sy
