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Stop boycotting SeaWorld if you care about marine conservation

zoologicallyobsessed:

derangedhyena-delphinidae:

…or people could just keep boycotting it and support places involved in conservation that don’t behave so duplicitously.  

Seaworld does little to nothing for actual marine conservation. 

All the supposed “research”  they do is useless on wild populations of marine species, because the conditions they are kept in are in no way adequate or comparable to their natural environment. So none of that “research” they hide behind is actually useful in terms of conserving wild marine animals.

The supposed “rescues” they do really just result in them capturing injured marine animals and then keeping them to make money off. That’s not rescuing, if you don’t intend to release the wild animal you’ve “saved” after it’s healthy enough to do so.

As for the funding they give to actual research grants to study wild populations, this money is always done after Seaworld comes under criticism for their abuse of the animals in their care and inadequate enclosures. 

They throw money at conservation efforts so they can pretend they actually help the marine animals they use solely for profit, without ever having to actually answer for any of their animal abuse. And it works! Clearly from the above link! 

They want you to think “well seaworld does have a bad track record of being accused of animal abuse but they give money to marine conservation!”

Stop boycotting SeaWorld if you care about marine conservation

bettsplendens:

zsl-edge-of-existence:

Kea are known for being utterly fearless around humans. This can be both a blessing and a curse; on the one hand, many tourists fall in love with the kea’s comical antics.  On the other, this fearlessness combined with the parrot’s natural curiosity has led them to cause significant damage to property.  Kea have been known to rifle through clothes, open backpacks, strip windshield wipers and rubber sealant from cars.  They are also unrepentant thieves, flying away with anything that catches their fancy.  One kea flew through the open window of a camper van, making away with a bag containing $900 of a tourist’s money.  And a Scottish tourist got the shock of his life when a kea flew off with his passport!  The tourist in question stated: “My passport is somewhere out there in Fiordland. The kea’s probably using it for fraudulent claims or something. I’ll never look at a kea in the same way.”

Aren’t these the guys who latch onto sheep, stab holes in them, and drink their blood as the sheep frantically tries to buck them off? 

Some parts of Cybertron had something like these. They would swoop upon mechs in alt mode and tear pieces of them off to build their nests and feed their young. Annoying and painful for large-to-mid-sized mechs, fairly dangerous for small mechs and minibots. Terrible little things.

Source: zsl-edge-of-existence