Dolphin Captivity Research Paper
Dolphin Captivity
Dolphins in tanks or dogs in doghouses, is there a difference? Currently in the U.S. alone 62% of the population owns a household pet (AAPA). With household pets such as cats or dogs, an intellectual wild animal, is taken in and given a home, as well as food, medical, and personal things, like love, that may otherwise not be obtained in the “wild”. Dolphin captivity is essentially the same thing and is not solely based on using the animals for profit; there is much to learn about the intelligence and science of the animals. For many dolphins it creates a home much like an animal shelter. Keeping dolphins in captivity allows for the research that scientists want as well as allowing for a public continuation of awareness. …show more content…
In Ric 's earlier days, Ric trained all of the dolphins that performed on TV, on Flipper. Something in his past changed his approach to dolphins, but Ric for many years was a dolphin trainer and trained all of the dolphins that people years ago became familiar with and learned to love on that TV show. Like Ric many use dolphin captivity to learn to love dolphins. Very few people have had the opportunity to see dolphins in the wild, but close to 600 million people a year see dolphins in captivity worldwide (McBain & Andrews, 2011). Exhibits and the communications that are being done through really high-quality exhibits where enormous attention is paid to the care and welfare of the animals, turns the dolphins into ambassadors that entreat people and thrill them and get them to understand something about the problems of coastal and ocean habitats, and through knowing the dolphins begin to care about the dolphins and the place where they live (Boyle, 2011).Seeing an animal in person creates a bond between that animal and the person viewing that animal, people take compassion towards the things seen with the naked eye. Engaging people is the best way to gain followers for the preservation of any animal. The government is never going to solve all the conservation problems. People will solve those problems. But people will only become engaged in helping to solve the problems by knowing the habitat (Boyle, 2011). When people see the wildlife, opinions can form. Opinions can run the game from looking at the beauty and wonder of the animal to feeling some sense of relationship to that
Dolphins in tanks or dogs in doghouses, is there a difference? Currently in the U.S. alone 62% of the population owns a household pet (AAPA). With household pets such as cats or dogs, an intellectual wild animal, is taken in and given a home, as well as food, medical, and personal things, like love, that may otherwise not be obtained in the “wild”. Dolphin captivity is essentially the same thing and is not solely based on using the animals for profit; there is much to learn about the intelligence and science of the animals. For many dolphins it creates a home much like an animal shelter. Keeping dolphins in captivity allows for the research that scientists want as well as allowing for a public continuation of awareness. …show more content…
In Ric 's earlier days, Ric trained all of the dolphins that performed on TV, on Flipper. Something in his past changed his approach to dolphins, but Ric for many years was a dolphin trainer and trained all of the dolphins that people years ago became familiar with and learned to love on that TV show. Like Ric many use dolphin captivity to learn to love dolphins. Very few people have had the opportunity to see dolphins in the wild, but close to 600 million people a year see dolphins in captivity worldwide (McBain & Andrews, 2011). Exhibits and the communications that are being done through really high-quality exhibits where enormous attention is paid to the care and welfare of the animals, turns the dolphins into ambassadors that entreat people and thrill them and get them to understand something about the problems of coastal and ocean habitats, and through knowing the dolphins begin to care about the dolphins and the place where they live (Boyle, 2011).Seeing an animal in person creates a bond between that animal and the person viewing that animal, people take compassion towards the things seen with the naked eye. Engaging people is the best way to gain followers for the preservation of any animal. The government is never going to solve all the conservation problems. People will solve those problems. But people will only become engaged in helping to solve the problems by knowing the habitat (Boyle, 2011). When people see the wildlife, opinions can form. Opinions can run the game from looking at the beauty and wonder of the animal to feeling some sense of relationship to that