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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:10 PM Original message |
Dolphin dies after mid-air collision during Sea World trick |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Err...how do you keep a truly random incident from occurring again? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Things like this have happened before at Sea World parks. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Wow, thanks for the info. |
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zonkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. Poor dolphin. He didn't choose to spend his life performing. two shows daily |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Yeah. They should have just left him stranded on the beach to die. n/t |
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slowry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. You do realize that what you just wrote is silly, right? n/t |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Did I REALLY need the sarcasm tag? n/t |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Especially since captive dolphins mostly come from dolphin drive fisheries and captive breeding |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. using any wild animal for human amusemant |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 05:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Especially dogs and cats. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. are they "wild"? |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 06:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Sorry, I didn't look to see who it was. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #20 |
43. My dogs bite you. |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 made it much much harder to |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 12:07 AM Response to Reply #19 |
38. Please don't be offended if I outright laugh in your general direction. |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:41 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. That's the way it was thirty years ago. In that time, things may have changed |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. What a shitty thing. |
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Red Zelda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. Cool |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
6. Keeping dolphins in captivity is unjustifiably cruel. |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. The oldest living dolphin born in capitivity just turned fifty-five year old in February. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. There isn't enough good data for lifespans of either captive or wild dolphins |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:13 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Can you verify this? Because I know it is not true of the animals at the park I mentioned. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. WSPA would be the experts on the subject. I already linked to them. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Let me know what Rich O'Barry thinks of your incredulous opinion. |
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Crabby Appleton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. RIP Sharky |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. Agreed. ANd those that go to see them are just as cruel as the monsters that keep em. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. They need to shut these parks down and let the animals be animals. |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. I see porpoises every day |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. I am so jealous! |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. How sad. |
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Yael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
16. How sad |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
18. mid-air collision ? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
23. What is the life span of a dolphin? |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Nineteen to twenty-five years in the wild with a few living to the maximum of 45..... |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 05:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. So is 30 too old to be performing in captivity? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. They don't retire the old ones. They work them until they get sick and die. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Thats awful. |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. I can only speak to the park I worked in. The welfare of the dolphins was |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:46 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Which park is that, poster? |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:29 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Check your p.m. My period at the marine park was 30 years ago and |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. About 20 minutes after a mid-air head butt |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
41. I heard about this... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
42. I heard it was a issue with the control tower. n t |
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