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DEL.ICIO.USDeaths of animals raise concern?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Georgia Aquarium and other major aquariums throughout the country have experienced the loss of major attractions.
In Atlanta, it was whale sharks Ralph and Norton and beluga whale Gasper. In Chicago it was a beluga whale that had recently given birth. And in Monterey, Calif., the problem was blue sharks and, later, a suddenly aggressive —- and very popular —- Great White.
The death of the second whale shark in six months at the Georgia Aquarium unleashed a wave of negative publicity and stinging criticism. It rekindled the debate over whether aquariums should attempt to exhibit oceangoing creatures.
Have these deaths shaped your views in any way about aquariums? Please explain.
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By Allison
July 2, 2007 3:06 PM | Link to this
It saddens me to watch people inch toward the obvious regarding “Aquariums,” “zoos,” and petting “ranches.” It is unnatural to put a whale in a fish bowl, elephants in a cage and assorted wild animals cramped into ranches. If you want to see wild animals—go where they live, don’t put them in a container near where you live! When will the love of caging animals for amusement finally be seen as cruel, not kind? torture, not “fun” and barbaric, not educational? I pity the way we treat animals: shame on our greed to profiteer by tormenting animals under the guise of entertainment.