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Dolphins
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Dolphins are incredibly intelligent, sensitive, social, far reaching and deep marine mammals. They live in complex social groups called packs, which are usually made up of family members.
They are highly interconnected with the health and survival of the oceans, and there are various species of dolphins that inhabit different parts of the world, in rivers and oceans, from tropical waters to polar seas. Dolphins, like all animals, were born to be free: they belong in the ocean, not in a tank.
Free Cetaceans
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Dolphins in the wild can swim up to 100 km a day in the ocean. They learn to survive in the sea and often live together their entire lives. They communicate through characteristic whistles very similar to the names that humans have, for them to communicate and interact with each other is essential. These incredible marine mammals have evolved alongside the oceans they inhabit, where they deserve to live in the wild.
Captivity cannot provide a suitable environment for them. Dolphins in captivity face very different circumstances than in the ocean. The surroundings are barren, with little mental stimulation or fun. Many captive dolphins are regularly treated with ulcer medication or antidepressants to ease the frustration of being confined.
Instead, captive dolphins often have scars or rake marks, from a collision with a tank mate.
Prolonged confinement in such small spaces can lead to depression and self-injurious behavior. Numerous documented examples of this behavior have been observed in both dolphins and killer whales, (repeatedly smashing their heads against the tank walls or biting the walls and doors).
Captive dolphins are often placed in artificial groups with dolphins that come from different families and species, making communication and relationships between them difficult or impossible. Because the tanks lack the depth or size of the ocean, captive dolphins experience a variety of conditions not commonly seen in wild dolphins.
Solve Ocean Plastic Pollution by Acting Urgently on Microplastics, Fishing Nets and Unnecessary Plastics
The creation of a law that bans all unnecessary plastics, all avoidable items, is extremely important. From plastic bottles and bags, containers, containers, cutlery and straws to almost everything that is made of plastic. Promoting sustainable alternatives to our exploitation of nature. And avoiding as far as possible the irrational and alarming consumption of plastics that never disappear and contaminate vital ecosystems for life on Earth, threatening marine fauna and putting our health at risk.
We can protect the ocean, marine animals, and ourselves from multiple harmful effects by supporting a law that bans the use of microplastics in personal hygiene products and pushes companies to stop making clothing out of polyester, acrylic, or nylon.
Lost and discarded fishing gear is the deadliest plastic litter for marine life, up to a million tons of it being dumped at sea each year. And 46% of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is made up of fishing nets.
While people continue to eat fish, we need to vastly improve the way we fish and stop extracting resources faster than the ocean can replenish them. Only a 100% sustainable fishing model ensures a future with oceans full of fish. For the health of the world's oceans we need legislation to eliminate destructive fishing gear.
