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Ethical treatment? By Rachel Lovell The recent news story in the Daily Mirror offers an interesting point for debate. The question is, should an injured animal receive such treatment, or does this set a dangerous president regarding medium to long term captivity of a dolphin if this tragic story were to happen in UK waters. Is this right? Should we intervene and keep this creature in captivity for the rest of its natural life, potentially just so that it can be another tourist attraction, as it will be in the US, or should it be humanly destroyed? My personal viewpoint is that this dolphins life has been saved after being caught in a net... wonderful!, but I have problems with the way dolphins are kept in captivity, restricted from their natural vast range to swim and be free. In the wild, dolphins echo locate to see their way around the ocean, freely swimming miles; this "sensing of the environment" is probably denied to captive animals, who are not able to socialise in the usual dolphin way. I have personally visited water parks in the US and found that the dolphins and killer whales have a restricted area in which to swim in and I feel that it is wrong. The public are getting entertainment from these creatures, but maybe they should have an understanding of marine animals range and life style in the wild?. The same water parks that I am referring to, held a Polar Bear (by nature vastly nomadic), in equally restricted conditions. I saw this creature look towards its fake environment depressed and helpless. It bothers me greatly that marine creatures are manipulated and trained, taken away from their natural habitat to line the pockets of the attractions directors and shareholders......... However, where does an injured animal like the one in the story here fit? Is it ethical for us to intervene? What is your viewpoint? Contact rchllovell@aol.com
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