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Protest Marine Mammal Captivity At uShaka Sea World

April 6, 2013

(ACTIVISM) SOUTH AFRICA — Each year, thousands of dolphins are slaughtered in Taiji on the south coast of Japan. Bottlenose dolphins are then pre-selected by trainers and sold for as much as $200,000 to marine parks all over the world such as Marineland, where the animals remain in captivity and are forced to perform circus acts for their entire lives. Aquariums defend their actions as “rescuing” animals, but in reality, the captive industry is subsidizing hunts which may not have been conducted otherwise. Today and May 25th, Ocean Watch SA is hosting a protest at uShaka Sea World to advocate for the rehabilitation and release of captive animals. Read on to learn more about Ocean Watch SA and sign the petition below telling uSkaka Sea World to retire their wild caught dolphins, Gambit and Frodo, ensure animals not disturbed after hours, stop breeding captive breeding programs, and only practice rehabilitation and release. — Global Animal

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Marineland: A Graveyard?

December 30, 2012

(MARINE PARKS) Ontario’s Environment Ministry is investigating four mass animal graves at the notorious theme park, Marineland, after a newspaper expose confirmed suspected cases of animal abuse and neglect. According to a former park employee, the potentially illegal graves contain the bodies of over 1,000 orcas, dolphins, seals, walruses, bears, bison, deer, and other animals. Read on to learn more about Marineland’s fishy history and voice your objections regarding the lack of captive-animal protection laws. — Global Animal

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Taiji Dolphins: Marineland’s Cruelest Attraction

October 10, 2012

(TAIJI DOLPHINS) JAPAN — The Taiji Cove is often used as a slaughterhouse and has now become a working factory for the largest executor of marine wildlife parks in the world. Buyers from Aspro International, believed specifically by Sea Shepherd to be from Marineland Mallorca, purchased six live dolphins from the cove at several hundred thousands of dollars a piece. Continue reading and see how you can help end the exploitation of these dolphins! — Global Animal 

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Georgia Aquariam To Import Wild Belugas

September 29, 2012

(TAKE ACTION) GEORGIA — The Humane Society of the United States has created a petition against the Georgia Aquarium. The facility is requesting a permit from the National Marine Fisheries Service to import 12 wild caught Beluga Whales for entertainment purposes. The Belugas will be taken from their natural environment and placed in a tank to be guffawed at by insensitive spectators. The permit also entails the legal transport of these marine mammals 6,000 miles by plane. The animals will also be transferred from one container and plane to another during a layover in Belgium. These conditions will be extremely stressful for the whales, and not to mention that their heightened noise sensitivity will be exposed to hours worth of screaming engines. Continue reading and sign the petition to stop the exploitation of these Beluga Whales. — Global Animal

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UPDATE: Harp Seals’ Lives Spared

September 17, 2012

(ANIMAL WELFARE) Two harp seal pups slated for death at the Aquarium des Iles in Quebec, Canada were granted temporary reprieve on Saturday due to an overwhelming public outcry from animal activists all over the world. The six-month-old pups, Zak and Mika, were to be killed on Saturday after the aquarium in the Gulf of St. Lawrence closed for the summer. However, the decision has been temporarily reversed as a petition targeting the Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to spare the seals’ lives has garnered over 150,000 international signatures. Read on to learn what’s next for Zak and Mika. — Global Animal

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Animal Legal Defense Fund & PETA vs. Seaquarium

August 23, 2012

(ANIMAL WELFARE) Today, animal activists including the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), PETA, the Orca Network, and private citizens filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) challenging the decision to renew Miami Seaquarium’s federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) license. ALDF and PETA currently have another lawsuit pending against the National Marine Fisheries Service for excluding the last orca remaining at the marine park, Lolita, from the endangered list of Pacific Northwest’s Southern Resident orcas. Read on to learn more about the lawsuits and sign the petition for Lolita’s freedom. — Global Animal

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Hundreds Join In Marineland Protest

August 19, 2012

(MARINE PARKS/ANIMAL WELFARE)—After the poor conditions of animals at Marineland were recently revealed by former employees, outraged animal lovers decided to stage a huge protest. The demonstration took place on Saturday and hundreds of people fought to end breeding programs and move the remaining animals to sanctuaries. Now the Niagara Falls Humane Society will inspect the park to see if animal mistreatment is indeed taking place. Read on to find out what Marineland has to say in response.—Global Animal

 

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Confirmed: Marineland Is Not A Place For Animals

August 16, 2012

(ANIMAL WELFARE) After much speculation and controversy, a recent expose has finally confirmed the maltreatment and neglect of animals at Marineland in the Great Lakes. Eight former Marineland employees came forward, providing the sad details of animals’ physical suffering and poor living conditions at the amusement park. A surge of new protesters are expected to join an animal advocacy group in a demonstration outside Marineland this Saturday, where copies of the investigation will be handed out to people entering the park. Read on to learn more about the details of the investigation. — Global Animal

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