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This day was inevitable - both their attendance and stock price have plummeted in recent years due to public pressure. This is why we make films like The Cove and Racing Extinction – films spark movements, and movements can change the world.
originally posted by: Infinitis
a reply to: Ghost147
they kept them for as long as they were profitable... Great to see the change, but I wouldn't give them any humanitarian credit.
originally posted by: 3NL1GHT3N3D1
Now if only zoos would follow suit. I've been to a small zoo not too far from my house and the animals look so miserable. Maybe 1 or 2 birds isolated in tiny cages, same goes for the other animals. It's inhumane and I refuse to visit any more zoos. How would we like being stuck in a cage 24/7? Oh yeah, we call that prison.
originally posted by: Irishhaf
Sorry don't see the hate... quick google shows sea world has saved somewhere north of 20000 animals, have bad choices been made I don't doubt... but to save animals requires money... that's just the cold hard fact of life.
originally posted by: ChesterJohn
For all the people sneering and talking down at sea world, have you ever known any of the people that take care of the animals?
originally posted by: ChesterJohn
I have, vast majority care more about those animals than they do themselves... yes in a perfect world we would all live in peace and harmony with nature with food and room for all...
originally posted by: ChesterJohn
Guess what its not a perfect world and on occasion you will find the last of a species in a zoo... or a place like sea world.
originally posted by: ChesterJohn
So before you get on your moral high horse and complain about sea world or zoo's have you donated your time and money to the non-profits that do similar things... if not your a hypocrite.
originally posted by: MystikMushroom
It's pretty pathetic when you can tell a whale is miserable because it's ENTIRE FIN is sad looking. Dude, that's like ... beyond a cry for help.
originally posted by: Irishhaf
a reply to: Ghost147
You have then congratulations, you walk the walk... the vast majority I have met that get all angry and upset over sea world/zoos without ever actually lifting a finger to help, they do it because its the trendy thing to do... or they watch some hit piece on a local news station that has about 10 minutes worth of research don on it.
originally posted by: Irishhaf
a reply to: Ghost147
The problem with attacking them and reveling in the plunging stock prices is you also hurt the animal rescue, you hurt local jobs, you hurt a lot more people than they ones responsible for the bad decisions.
originally posted by: Irishhaf
Sorry don't see the hate... quick google shows sea world has saved somewhere north of 20000 animals, have bad choices been made I don't doubt... but to save animals requires money... that's just the cold hard fact of life.
For all the people sneering and talking down at sea world, have you ever known any of the people that take care of the animals?
I have, vast majority care more about those animals than they do themselves... yes in a perfect world we would all live in peace and harmony with nature with food and room for all...
Guess what its not a perfect world and on occasion you will find the last of a species in a zoo... or a place like sea world.
Just look at elephant and rhino populations in africa to get a good idea about their life expectancy as long as there is 1 culture that believes something from a species is special they will be hunted to extinction in the wild.
So before you get on your moral high horse and complain about sea world or zoo's have you donated your time and money to the non-profits that do similar things... if not your a hypocrite.