Thesis Statement: Sea lions and dolphins affect the community and the world by helping humans. Ronald Reagan once said, “We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.” This quote is true for animals because animals can’t help every animal or every human, but they can always help someone. Animals choose to help humans, they don’t have to, but they do. Sea lions and dolphins both help people in many different ways, they can't help everyone though. Sea lions and dolphins affect the community and the world by helping humans.
Sea lions have been used by the Navy to help do what the Navy can't do. The Navy has been using mammals to go underwater and do what we aren't able to do. In this article Perry talks about research conducted by …show more content…
In 1987, researchers did a case study to see where dolphins were used to help an autistic child to communicate with people. Since then, aquariums, various centers, and dolphinariums have been offering dolphin therapy to people of all ages. Researchers found, “Many believe that dolphins have human-like emotions and the compassion they provide increases self-confidence, social skills and academic achievement in children and others who may be lacking these abilities,” (Dolphins-World, 2017). Researchers also found, “Judith Simon Prager, author, and writer of several texts on the subject says there are notable improvements in people with down syndrome or cerebral palsy and in general, many people believe that swimming with dolphins has extraordinary results in the wellness of patients with any health condition,” (Dolphins-World, 2017). Dolphins Assisted Therapy (DAT), has been used as therapy to people with physical, developmental, and emotional conditions. The results of this therapy have really helped people. It helps people’s wellness, it improves the quality of people's lives, and some even say the therapy is “magical.” This therapy can help with people of all ages, like to a child with autism to a woman who is pregnant. DAT has gone a long way since 1987, now it is a very controversial topic in the medical world. This is important because people who do this therapy will have great results and they should
Sea lions have been used by the Navy to help do what the Navy can't do. The Navy has been using mammals to go underwater and do what we aren't able to do. In this article Perry talks about research conducted by …show more content…
In 1987, researchers did a case study to see where dolphins were used to help an autistic child to communicate with people. Since then, aquariums, various centers, and dolphinariums have been offering dolphin therapy to people of all ages. Researchers found, “Many believe that dolphins have human-like emotions and the compassion they provide increases self-confidence, social skills and academic achievement in children and others who may be lacking these abilities,” (Dolphins-World, 2017). Researchers also found, “Judith Simon Prager, author, and writer of several texts on the subject says there are notable improvements in people with down syndrome or cerebral palsy and in general, many people believe that swimming with dolphins has extraordinary results in the wellness of patients with any health condition,” (Dolphins-World, 2017). Dolphins Assisted Therapy (DAT), has been used as therapy to people with physical, developmental, and emotional conditions. The results of this therapy have really helped people. It helps people’s wellness, it improves the quality of people's lives, and some even say the therapy is “magical.” This therapy can help with people of all ages, like to a child with autism to a woman who is pregnant. DAT has gone a long way since 1987, now it is a very controversial topic in the medical world. This is important because people who do this therapy will have great results and they should