The Mirage and Sea World

[shamuroxy]

ohhh ya these dolphins look totally depressed playing fetch with the people and jumping on the ball

[metridium]

Aquariums, particularly marine mammal circus acts, are bound to disappear as the public is educated and revolts against it.
-Jean-Michel Cousteau

[OrkidForever]

That is so cute! I remember participating in the "I-bounce-the-ball-to-you-now-­you-bounce-it-back-to-me" game at SWF.

[tilligurl]

That is pretty cool, where is the Mirage?

[flargmuffin92]

Vegas

[cacwy]

if I were a dolphin I'd rather live at the Mirage than take my chances with the Japanese fishermen....think about that....

[Cty2]

sadly they dont see this part the anti-captive mob theres alota videos on dolphin slaughter

[welshiemeeee]

this is sick these are free animals and do u no wat sea world does to dolphines and whales when they die ? they cut them down the middle, put roks in then sink them in the middle of the ocean.!!! its sick

[shamuroxy]

@welshiemeeee what? noooo actually they cremate them..

[cdeville]

Well, alot of people learn that dolphins actually exist through parks like this. People appreciate and protect what they actually know. You can call it abuse, but these guys are being fed, protected and stimulated every day.  If it bothers you still, just keep in mind that they serve as spokesmen for their kin in the wild. I won't go into how intelligent animals won't perform for long under abusive conditions.

[PaleoOrca]

I think people think they're being treated badly in this vid in the beginning because it only shows a small section of the pool. The dolphins were waiting for the trainers there

[cdeville]

Yes that's probably true. Even so, some people will probably see it the same way even after they watch the entire video.

[Cty2]

i guess its ok to slaughter them like the way they get it in Japan

i listen to 2 sides not just one

[confusedkain]

These things are too smart and too cruel at heart to be in captivity, damned dolphins...

[k9chick]

poor things they so unhappy

[elevendude]

you are so right

these dolphins have blow holes and just cause they are caught and captive they dont even really get to use thier dorsal fins that much because mostly they use it wehn they are underwater for a long time which really dosent happen

If seaworld HAS to keep dolphins and mammals they should at least make the tanks deeper

[k9chick]

ya i lot deeper and evan bigger the tanks are really to small for orcas and dolphins i'm mean they should be in the ocean with all that room i think seaworld use sea pens at least they are a lot bigger.

[bubblywums]

Those dolphins playing with that ball were ADORABLE. I've never seen a dolphin jump on top of it's ball like that! =D