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MoonRiver

(36,926 posts) Sat Apr 12, 2014, 12:16 PM Apr 2014

All the places around the world that ban Orca captivity:

Killer whales belong in the open ocean, not stuck living in cramped tanks performing tricks for human amusement.

http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/04/10/all-states-countries-and-cities-ban-orcas-captivity?cmpid=tpanimals-eml-2014-04-12-orcas

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All the places around the world that ban Orca captivity: (Original Post) MoonRiver Apr 2014 OP

hope this passes in Cali…. dhill926 Apr 2014 #1

Me too. MoonRiver Apr 2014 #2

dhill926

(16,337 posts)

1. hope this passes in Cali….

Reply to MoonRiver (Original post)

Sat Apr 12, 2014, 01:04 PM

Apr 2014

and EVERYWHERE….

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)

2. Me too.

Reply to dhill926 (Reply #1)

Sat Apr 12, 2014, 02:51 PM

Apr 2014

Unfortunately it's been tabled for a year. But meanwhile trainers can't get in the water with orcas. Wonder how much the public will like SeaWorld shows sans the orca-human connection. Hoping not much.

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