Captivity of Marine Mammals:
The Negative Effects Of Keeping them From their Natural Home
When visiting marine mammal parks, feelings of excitement and enjoyment flood minds everywhere. Even though excitement and awe is filling visitors minds, many do not know that the money they are disbursing is being used to help fund a worldwide issue with how the animals are being impacted at these facilities. Marine mammal parks have negative impacts upon the very animals that they propose to help, and while it would be devastating to close these parks, no more marine mammal parks should be allowed to be built; their capture programs should be halted, and their focus should turn exclusively to rescue and rehabilitation.
Tragic consequences are sadly …show more content…
Main injuries include tails, ribs and jaws being badly damaged (PetA). The mammals destroy their own teeth chewing on bars. When swimming, dolphins scrape body parts against the sides of the tank and fiberglass. Injuries are also developed when fleeing from aggressive altercations with other mammals. Bacteria from interactive programs can also cause major infections. All dolphins who are held captive have collapsed dorsal fins, which rarely occur in wild orcas, proving captivity can change a mammals physical being (Peta). Most captive marine mammals die fairly short from their normal and natural lifespans. In the wild, these mammals live for decades, unlike in captivity, justifying all the deaths at aquariums are from severe trauma and intestinal gangrene, not old age …show more content…
Marine mammals have only one environmental and natural resource law, which leads many of the marine mammal conservation organizations to be concerned (Chmael, George A., ll, et al). In addition, the few federal protections in the United States are not restricted well (Richard et al ll). Chronic violators have very few punishments which lead them to violate repeatedly. The protected marine reservations were established by U.S.presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama to limit the importation of marine mammals and form marine environment protection policies (Congressional
The Negative Effects Of Keeping them From their Natural Home
When visiting marine mammal parks, feelings of excitement and enjoyment flood minds everywhere. Even though excitement and awe is filling visitors minds, many do not know that the money they are disbursing is being used to help fund a worldwide issue with how the animals are being impacted at these facilities. Marine mammal parks have negative impacts upon the very animals that they propose to help, and while it would be devastating to close these parks, no more marine mammal parks should be allowed to be built; their capture programs should be halted, and their focus should turn exclusively to rescue and rehabilitation.
Tragic consequences are sadly …show more content…
Main injuries include tails, ribs and jaws being badly damaged (PetA). The mammals destroy their own teeth chewing on bars. When swimming, dolphins scrape body parts against the sides of the tank and fiberglass. Injuries are also developed when fleeing from aggressive altercations with other mammals. Bacteria from interactive programs can also cause major infections. All dolphins who are held captive have collapsed dorsal fins, which rarely occur in wild orcas, proving captivity can change a mammals physical being (Peta). Most captive marine mammals die fairly short from their normal and natural lifespans. In the wild, these mammals live for decades, unlike in captivity, justifying all the deaths at aquariums are from severe trauma and intestinal gangrene, not old age …show more content…
Marine mammals have only one environmental and natural resource law, which leads many of the marine mammal conservation organizations to be concerned (Chmael, George A., ll, et al). In addition, the few federal protections in the United States are not restricted well (Richard et al ll). Chronic violators have very few punishments which lead them to violate repeatedly. The protected marine reservations were established by U.S.presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama to limit the importation of marine mammals and form marine environment protection policies (Congressional