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Stop Plans to Imprison Sea Life

Plans are underway to display captive dolphins and other marine animals in a marine park in Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. According to a news report, SeaWorld in the US was the inspiration for the proposed marine park in Sindhudurg – but considering the condemnation SeaWorld has faced for its cruelty to animals, this is egregiously irresponsible.

In the first case of its kind, PETA US, three marine-mammal experts and two former orca trainers have filed a lawsuit asking a US federal court to declare that five wild-caught orcas forced to perform at SeaWorld are being held as slaves in violation of the US Constitution's 13th Amendment, which prohibits slavery.

The proposal for a marine park in Sindhudurg flies in the face of growing worldwide condemnation of confining wild animals or otherwise using them for human diversion. As people around the world learn more about the miserable lives of animals in oceanariums and other captive environments, they are staying away. Consumer boycotts have forced all of England's marine mammal exhibits to close.

Aquatic animals have complex, interesting and active lives. Scientists know that many marine species form close-knit bonds and communicate with as much clarity and expression as we do. Confining animals whose genetic make-up is designed for swimming the vast oceans to chemically treated concrete tanks is the antithesis of where they are meant to be. Whether taken from their ocean home or bred in captivity, fish, rays, sharks, dolphins and other animals quickly grow depressed, bored and listless in the monotony of aquarium tanks.

Caring people like you must let the Chief Minister of Maharashtra know that keeping aquatic species in marine parks or allowing people to harass animals and invade their ocean home is cruel and that these proposals must be stopped.

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Please ask the Chief Minister of Maharashtra to put an immediate stop to plans to build a marine park in Sindhudurg.

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Dear Mr Minister,

I am writing to express my serious concerns about plans to open a marine park in Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. Compassionate people and governments around the world are condemning the exploitation of marine life for "entertainment".

Confining animals who are genetically designed to swim the vast oceans to chemically treated concrete tanks is cruel. Whether taken from their ocean homes or bred in captivity, fish, rays, sharks, dolphins and other animals quickly grow depressed, bored and listless in the monotony of aquarium tanks. There's no doubt that they are aware they aren't where they are supposed to be. Many die far short of their expected lifespan.

I've been told by my friends at PETA that SeaWorld in the US was the inspiration for the proposed marine park in Sindhudurg. You should know that US officials have repeatedly cited SeaWorld facilities for failing to comply with the minimal requirements of federal law. In fact, PETA US, three marine-mammal experts and two former orca trainers have filed a lawsuit asking a US federal court to declare that five wild-caught orcas forced to perform at SeaWorld are being held as slaves in violation of the US Constitution's 13th Amendment, which prohibits slavery.

I urge you to give serious consideration to taking steps to immediately reverse the decisions that have led to these developments being launched.

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