Hi there my Steemit friends and followers!
Today, I will miss out on competing in photo contests because I just learned an awesome news that I want to share with you. Mexico, a country that has been my temporary home until recently, decided to ban dolphinariums (as well as aquariums and shows that imprison sea lions). Owners of these establishments will now have 6 months to relocate their dolphins and sea lions to sanctuaries. The decree also forbids using dolphins as therapy animals.
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To me, a dedicated nature lover and animal rights advocate, ban on these things is definitely a great decision. Dolphins and other marine mammals are incredibly intelligent and sensitive creatures and there is no way they could ever be happy in concrete chlorinated tanks, forced to perform unnatural tricks for human audience while being deprived of the opportunity to engage in their natural behavior.
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Fortunately, more and more countries around the globe have been realizing that the only place that marine mammals belong in is the sea. Mexico just joined countries such as Costa Rica, Chile, Croatia, Switzerland, Slovenia or Greece that had already banned keeping dolphins and other marine mammals in captivity.
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I can confirm from my own experience that watching dolphins moving and playing freely in their natural environment is incomparably greater and more fun than visiting establishments such as the Sea World where they are kept only for profit and public entertainment.
Image source: Max Pixel (Creative Commons)
So thank you, Mexico, for being respectful to the Earth´s wildlife. Hopefully, more countries will follow soon.
Sources: The Yucatan Times, PETA.org
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