May
04How Should We Handle Marine Mammal Education? Here’s your chance to weigh in.
Filed Under (Policies and Issues, conservation) by Alexa & Cindy on 04-05-2010
Thanks to our Facebook friends Oceanic Defense for this one. While we won’t comment here one way or the other, but we want you to know that you have an opportunity to tell lawmakers your views on keeping ocean anim
als in captivity and putting them on display for the purposes of education and conservation.
The House Committe on Natural Resources is hearing your comments on this issue right now until Friday, May 7th. You can email katherine.romans@mail.house.gov or fax a letter to (202) 225-1542.
You can also check out the proceedings on video over at C-SPAN.
Comment here, too, and let us know what you think – is it a good thing, so that we can all see learn about ocean creatures and how to help them and their habitat survive, especially if we don’t live near an ocean and can’t otherwise get to know these animals? Or, is it harmful to their survival as species?
Splash us YOUR opinions.
I have mixed feelings about marine mammals in captivity. I think that they serve a great role for the public in terms of education, and helping to instill fascination and love for the ocean in people. After all, that’s probably how we got our first start as ocean lovers. On the other hand, they are highly intelligent creatures that sometimes get bored or depressed in captivity. It’s a tough decision.