SeaWorld

At the main Seaworld branches in Florida and California, scientists and park owners are arguing in favor of captivity, saying that they could go extinct in the wild, and keeping them in captivity enables people to selectively breed whales that would otherwise not have found mates. Things such as pollution (biotic and abiotic) can make them ill or kill them, but the water in their tanks is always being filtered and kept fresh, free from pollutants. Dangerous encounters with fishermen who only…

SeaWorld, Disneyland, or sunny beaches are most likely the first images that come to mind when someone speaks of California. However, street corners, dumpsters, or food banks may be what another group of people may think when they hear the name “California.” Out of the 610,042 people in the United States found to be homeless on a single random night in January of 2013, twenty percent (20%) of those people were in California. Another thirteen percent was found in New York and another eight in…

Physical abuse, passive or active neglect, lab testing, to name a few, have been discussed widely on mainstream media, and therefore people have renounced eating meat or any animal by-product, boycotts of SeaWorld and other establishments such as circuses have taken place, even the tradition of bull fighting in Spain has been condemned. While the physical welfare of animals, another living creature on this plant, has become so important that there has been…

The Florida Manatee, aka Sea Cow, or West Indian Manatee, is found in 7 to 10 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean during spring, summer, and fall (National Geographic, 2016). Later, in the winter you can find them near power plants, and in natural spring water that sustains temperatures above 68 degrees Fahrenheit because manatees cannot live in water below this temperature. This fascinating herbivore can live in salt water and fresh water. The endangered Florida…

While growing up in America, I have always been brought to zoos and aquariums. These animal holding locations give people an opportunity to see animals up close and personal. But to what expense on the animals does this bring? Blackfish is a documentary about Orca whales being held in captivity around the world and the effect it brings to the animals. This documentary provides the real information on how an animals can lose their natural abilities to live. In Blackfish, there is ethical dilemma…

The animal rights movement seeks to include non-human animals in the so-called moral community that humans belong to, by encouraging others to respect their basic interests as they would the interests of a human. In practical terms, the adoption of animal rights into legislation would mean that non-human animals could not be used for food, clothing, entertainment, or experimentation. Several industries have been affected positively by the animal rights movement. From agriculture to fashion to…

Zoos cannot offer the space wild animals need. Imagine yourself not having everything you need to survive. Animals are getting taken from their natural habitats and families to be held in captivity. This makes their lives worse little does everyone know they can’t live the same and make a living. Zoos provide unnatural habitats for the animals. Animals are naturally born and bred to live and die in their natural wilderness habitats. Zoos pose several risks that affect animals mentally…

Cesar Chavez once said, “We need, in a special way, to work twice as hard to help people understand that the animals are fellow creatures, that we must protect them and love them as we love ourselves.” Keeping animals in captivity is not protecting them and loving them. Animals such as killer whales should be treated fairly but instead they are thrown into small tanks. Killer whales should not be kept in captivity due to the fact that they get inadequate care, they can become emotional and…

Alice Walker, a famous activist, author, and poet once said, “The animals of this world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for whites.” Animals were not put on this earth to live in a cage, suffer, and be torn from their families and habitat, rather to live freely and happily in the wild. Whether they be in movies, zoos, circuses, or bullfighting rings, many animals are used as sources of entertainment for humans. Many times, however,…

In 2015 most people wouldn’t think animal cruelty is a huge problem if you don’t follow news reports, animal activist pages, or even my Facebook page. Many acts of animal abuse happen every day in the world, brutal punishments for little things animals can’t control happens or just careless people owning or seeing animals they don’t care about and wanting to hurt them. In just 2015 we have had a ridiculous amount of cases involving cruelty. Local and worldwide organizations are taking a stand…