Dear SeaWorld,
I am writing this short letter to
address the topic of your dolphins and whales in captivity. I know that recent
and past events have brought many concerns to your notice and to the surface
that maybe you haven’t necessarily considered, or have considered, but are not
sure how to address the situation.
You may be more concerned with
the use of these species in your facilities due to the number of people out in
the world that are now against the use of these species, which could cause a
decline in your business by said people not visiting your parks and sharing the
news as to why they shouldn’t visit with others around them. I would like to
shed light on the fact that despite the vast numbers out there against these
animals in captivity, you will always have immense numbers of people who will
not research the topic, or be told about the topic and will never have reasons
to not visit your facilities. Along with that, you will also always have
children and even adults interested in visiting these parks just to see these
animals because they are so majestic and not something that can be seen easily
in the wild, especially with such close encounters. You may still be able to
argue that these visits are beneficial to humans because humans may leave your
parks with a new love for these species and may do what they can to educate
themselves on the creatures, or even reach out with a helping hand or extra
money to organizations for these animals. Most people, if not for these parks,
would never in their lives encounter these majestic beauties; therefore you can
still argumentatively claim that you are still doing the world a favor.
As for the vast numbers already
against the use of these species in captivity, there are a few things you could
possibly address to ease some issues that these people have. First and
foremost, you should breed your own of these animals, rather than go out and
capture them from their native environment and rip them from their pods to
bring them to you. This capture is devastating to the animal mentally,
emotionally and physically, and also causes a tremendous number of deaths among
the many dolphins captured and not taken to facilities. That being said, when
you breed your own dolphins or whales, you need to keep them together. This
will ease the grief and anxiety these animals feel when they are ripped away
from their family members, and may also give them a more pleasurable experience
because they can stay with their family, which in turn makes them much happier.
One last piece of advice I will give is that you try to make better
accommodations for these animals, meaning much more space. These animals use up
immeasurable amounts of space in their native environments, therefore allotting
them the most amount of space that you possibly can is the best route for
displacing some of the anger this causes for advocates of the species.
Best Wishes in your future
endeavors,
Mychal Lowrance
