Guest guest Posted December 9, 2005 Report Share Posted December 9, 2005 Dear aapn members, Aquariums are big business in Asia and no one seems to know the suffering of these aquatic animals. Can anyone comment on the horror of the aquarium business and the suffering to aquatic wildlife particularly seals, penguins ets. Thank you for your time. This is extracted from a letter written by a tourist to Malaysia. So being keen to extend our experience to cover some of the famous Malaysian aquatic life, we visited Underwater World and the dream holiday turned into a nightmare. Penguins standing like statues in a totally inappropriate tank, two seals with hardly room to swim, swans (yes swans!) with no room to move marooned in a tiny pond in the 'rain forest' section. Marmoset monkeys are hardly aquatic life and we did not visit Malaysia to see swans, seals and penguins, which no doubt feel the heat even more than human visitors. The standard of these animals was frankly, appalling, and my partner, a travel agent, ( who arranges many visits to Malaysia), was reduced to tears. Through the section where six turtles sit in a three foot square pond with inches of water, past the two parrots in a cage with no room even to spread their wings, to the gift shop, supermarket, restaurant etc. Basically it is profit that matters and who cares about the animals? I can assure you that tourists simply cannot stand such cruelty to our fellow creatures. I write to you in the hope that others will take up the banner in our absence. David Klackan 26th April 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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