Misled by Animal Rights Extremists, Travel Company Decision Hurts Cetaceans in the Wild and in Human Care
Wash., D.C., Oct. 2, 2019—TripAdvisor’s decision to stop selling tickets to accredited conservation facilities that work to rescue, research, and conserve whales, dolphins and porpoises is misguided, shortsighted, and would harm animals in the wild and in human care.
Read MoreAMMPA issued the following statement in response to British Airways Holidays’ decision to no longer offer tickets to destinations that feature animals.
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On June 10, 2019, the Canadian Parliament passed a bill to ban the public display of cetaceans (whales and dolphins) in Canada. Groups opposed to zoos and aquariums had lobbied for this bill for several years, and finally convinced enough legislators that this would be good policy.
But is it?
Read MoreOne of the questions that people often ask is, “How long do dolphins in marine mammal facilities live?” To answer that question, researchers in this study analyzed life expectancy and survival rates for all bottlenose dolphins in U.S. zoological facilities since 1974. They analyzed the data across several time periods to track historical trends, and also compared the data to previously published studies of wild dolphin populations.
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