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Dottie, a bottlenose dolphin who lived 39 years at SeaWorld, died this week without ever feeling the rhythm of the ocean, or the freedom she deserved.
SeaWorld describes Dottie as a devoted mother of four calves, but they separated her from every single one of them. That is not devotion, that is the reality of captivity, where profit determines family bonds.
Dottie was born into concrete tanks and died in them. She never experienced the open sea. She spent her life performing for tourists, not because it was natural or enriching, but because SeaWorld's business model depends on it.
SeaWorld positions itself as an institution rooted in marine science. They know, because the science is unambiguous, that cetaceans are highly intelligent, wide-ranging, socially complex animals. They know that no tank, however large, can meet the physical or psychological needs of a dolphin. And yet they continue their breeding program, ensuring that more animals like Dottie will be born into the same captive cycle, never knowing the life they were meant to live.
Dottie's story should not end with a tribute post. It should end with change.
SeaWorld must end its dolphin breeding program now. No more calves born into captivity. No more mothers separated from their young. No more lives defined by performance and concrete walls.
Dottie deserved better. The dolphins who come after her deserve better.
Imagine your dog trapped in a metal coffin for her entire life. She cannot go outside. She cannot walk. She cannot even turn around to see what's behind her. She is forced to live this way her entire life.
This is the mind-blowing that the pork industry is not just trying to hide, but trying to force YOU to accept through underhanded tactics. It has slipped this provision (the Save Our Bacon Act) into the Farm Bill, legislation that otherwise does things like fund food stamps.
But now that is all being exposed. The NYTimes published an op ed yesterday condemning the corruption and abuse and calling the fight for animals "one of the great but incomplete moral revolutions of our lifetime."
Columnist @NickKristof will be remembered by history for his moral prescience. But this is all being exposed not just because of Kristof. My friend @joshbalk has worked tirelessly to lobby legislators. @Lewis_Bollard has relentlessly pushed this story on social media. @leah_garces has worked for years to successfuly win over allies from within the industry. And, most important, countless Americans like you have raised YOUR voice.
Stories like this NYT piece are in many ways the product of the small efforts of millions. Every person who shares on social media, tells their friends or co-workers about the corruption they've read about, or sheds a quiet tear for these defenseless creatures — you are the ones triggering this moral revolution.
And exposure is just the beginning. Soon, because of you, every animal will be freed from their tormenter's cage.
AWFUL: In order to increase milk production, #dairy cows are repeatedly injected with bovine growth hormones, increasing the risk of painful mastitis.
This is the sad price mother cows pay for #milk. The Dairy Industry only cares about profits, not her pain. 💔
SOCIOPATH OF THE DAY! 😡 😡
Trophy hunter Philip Glass ~ “God says we have dominion over the animals. That means we can do what we choose with them. It is my divine right to shoot this #Elephant!"
RT if you want a GLOBAL ban on trophy hunting NOW!!
#BanTrophyHunting
Just because something is legal, doesn't make it moral.
If you wouldn't subject your family dog to a life in cages, forced pregnancies, separations and ultimately slaughter in a gas chamber - you already know in your heart that this is wrong.
Quote from former U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice, Potter Stewart.
LT. GEN. HERTLING: Ukraine is very proud nation fighting for its territorial integrity and sovereignty. And anyone who suggests that they should give up territory to get a peace deal is out of their mind.
And good Lord, isn’t that what United States fought for 250 years ago? That’s exactly what Ukraine is doing today.
And I’m proud to have always stood with Ukraine and to have realized from very beginning that they were not going to take this lying down.
Ukrainians have great army, support of the people, and a government that's doing things that they need to do.
This device is called a "spiked muzzle." 😡
It's designed to be so painful for a mother #cow that she'll push her baby away to avoid the pain.
Only one of MANY examples in which casual cruelty is a routine part of nearly every aspect of animal agriculture today. 💔