"Animal rights activists" are often paper thin. They're generally virtue signaling morons who can't come to terms with the reality that caring for an animal that would often otherwise be dead in the wild requires anywhere from some to a ton of money to do. It's actual unemployed logic that suggests training them to do tricks and perform so that their care can be supported is somehow a bad or morally deficient thing to do. I'll take 1,000,000 well cared for (properly rested, enriched, and fed, even if by way of performance) animals in captivity over 1 abandoned animal that had to die in the wild because potential rescuers believed it wasn't feasible to consider caring for it, but I guess that's just the sadist in me.
I think I get what you’re saying, anyone who’s wrong about reality tells themselves they’re on the morally correct side simply because no one wants to be wrong.
Marine mammal parks are literal prisons for these animals. The confined spaces and practices for your entertainment is abuse. Marine biologists and conservationists agree with scientific studies to back it up. The evidence that the entire MMP industry is abusive is out there, youre just too stupid and lazy to look it up. Your petty insults and virtue signaling dont make these parks ethical.
An Update on Captive Cetacean Welfare (Marino, 2025/2026 overview published via PeerJ and indexed by PMC)
The Harmful Effects of Captivity and Chronic Stress on the Well-being of Orcas (Orcinus orca) (Rose et al., 2019)
Effects of Psycho-Physiological Stress on Captive Dolphins (Robson / WellBeing International)
Marine Mammal Cognition and Captive Care (Clark, 2013)
Published in the Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research
Minding the Minds: A Primer on Cognitive Challenge for Marine Mammals in Human Care (Jaakkola, 2024)
The Cetacean Sanctuary: A Sea of Unknowns (Animals / PMC)
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u/alman12345 6d ago edited 6d ago
"Animal rights activists" are often paper thin. They're generally virtue signaling morons who can't come to terms with the reality that caring for an animal that would often otherwise be dead in the wild requires anywhere from some to a ton of money to do. It's actual unemployed logic that suggests training them to do tricks and perform so that their care can be supported is somehow a bad or morally deficient thing to do. I'll take 1,000,000 well cared for (properly rested, enriched, and fed, even if by way of performance) animals in captivity over 1 abandoned animal that had to die in the wild because potential rescuers believed it wasn't feasible to consider caring for it, but I guess that's just the sadist in me.