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Charity calls for ‘tank-free’ future for marine animals in captivity
Born Free wants a "tank-free" future. The post Charity calls for ‘tank-free’ future for marine animals in captivity appeared ...
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InfoSpark: Ethics of keeping dolphins in captivity
Dolphins are intelligent and social creatures that, in the wild, interact with hundreds of pod-mates, hunt communally, and have entire coastlines as their playground. In captivity, social partners ...
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Dispelling the Arguments of Captivity Proponents
The dolphin smile is a fixed feature of their anatomy—dolphins smile even when dead. Dolphins and other cetaceans suffer stress and anxiety when kept in captivity, particularly when there is no ...
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River Dolphins
Dolphins are important indicators for the health of the rivers they live in, which are also the lifeblood of huge economies and hundreds of millions of people. WE DEPEND ON RIVER DOLPHINS Where ...
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Confinement of Marine Wildlife
Whales and dolphins are complex social animals and are not well suited for a life in captivity. When confined, they are prevented from carrying out natural behaviors, which include roaming up to 100 ...
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Dolphins seen in Bronx River for first time in five years
Dolphins are back in the Bronx River in New York for the first time in more than five years. Though they were recently seen in the city's East River, it is the first time the animals have been ...
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Whales and dolphins now have legal personhood in the Pacific—but one treaty won't be enough to protect them
When the Whanganui river in Aotearoa was granted status ... of rights for cetaceans asserted that whales and dolphins should not be held in captivity, while in 2013, India declared dolphins ...