Now, remember... I am focusing this site on dolphins and larger marine animals only... although I know there are many other animals that reside at these facilities.
I shall tell my story, using photos.
Funny how when you start to ask questions of staff, no one seems to know answers... or maybe, they just don't want to say. I finally found a staff person by the Beluga tank who was very open, honest, and nice with his answers. He told me upfront that the dolphins at the Shedd were caught (and I'm using his terms) off the coast of California. They were not brought to the Shedd because they were injured or sick... they were simply brought to the Shedd. This made me extremely angry, knowing that dolphins are very social animals... and were probably caught from a pod of hundreds. He said he was pretty sure they had been at the Shedd the whole time, but that some animals at the Shedd had moved from aquarium to aquarium. Some, had also been born in captivity. This is sad in it's own right... these animals will never even know what it's like to be out in the open ocean. While I left this man with a heavy heart, I was grateful for his honesty.
And crowds of people came to watch the dolphins....
Which makes me wonder... what do they watch and think of all day?
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