Fwd: [animalprogress] Ask Marine World Not to Imprison Another Orca

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Ask Marine World Not to Imprison Another Orca

 

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On August 14, 2000, Six Flags Marine World's sole surviving orca, Vigga,

succumbed to a heart and lung infection. While scientific evidence estimates

average life expectancy to be 50.2 years for females and 29.2 years for

males, Vigga was a mere 23. From the moment Vigga was wrenched from her

family in Iceland, all aspects of her life were manipulated to entertain

park patrons. Had she not been " kidnapped, " Vigga would have lived with her

family for her entire life. Even after decades in captivity, captive orcas

continue to produce the unique calls of their natal pod. Sadly, Vigga's

calls went unanswered for most of her life. Now Marine World is seeking to

sentence yet another active, intelligent, and social animal to a barren tank

by replacing Vigga with another orca.

 

You Can Help

 

Let Marine World know that a cement tank is no place for a marine mammal.

Urge Marine World not to replace Vigga with another captive orca but instead

to phase out all its animal exhibits which do not have the popularity of its

new rides and roller coasters that have attracted record numbers of

visitors.

 

The following are some points you may want to include in your letter:

 

Forcing marine mammals to live in small barren enclosures deprives them of

normal social and environmental interaction and activity levels.

Aquariums that display captive marine mammals are a disservice to the public

and the animals. Patrons visiting such aquariums witness and learn about

abnormal animal behavior as all aspects of the captive animals' lives are

manipulated. The real message conveyed is not one of respect but rather that

it's permissible and even encouraged to abuse nature.

Six Flags is a large and successful amusement park chain that clearly does

not need to exploit marine mammals to realize a profit.

Write to:

 

Kiernan Burke, CEO

Premier Parks, Inc.

11501 Northeast Expressway

Oklahoma City, OK 73131

 

09/13/00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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