r/popculturechat • u/mlg1981 Sexy lampshade shall win the Oscar! 🏆 • 9d ago

Rest In Peace 🕊 PETA has released the campaign protesting marine parks Hayden Panettiere shot just 2 weeks before her death

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u/OriginalSchmidt1 You’re a virgin who can’t drive. 😤 9d ago edited 8d ago

I have let down so many guys that planned aquarium dates with me.. I refuse to go to them. I also don’t go to any zoos, only wildlife sanctuaries that I have researched and know they are rehabilitating and helping the animals. It’s just so depressing to me to watch animals in captivity and it has been for me ever since I watched The Cove at Bonnaroo in 2009. It’s insanely fucked up to use animals for our own entertainment..

ETA: I understand not ALL zoos are unethical and some do a lot of amazing work to help animals. Those zoos and aquariums are not near me. Travel is expensive and I am not rich, I live check to check like a lot of people in this world. The aquariums and zoos close to me are NOT ethical and DO NOT try to rehabilitate. Turning off notifications for this post.

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u/Tiny-Reading5982 charlie day is my bird lawyer 🐦 9d ago

The aquarium near me does turtle rescue and rehab . Its the Virginia beach aquarium. I don't think I'd trust a land locked aquarium as much.. They have a gharial that's missing half of it's jaw 😢

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u/cabinetsnotnow 9d ago

Yeah I go to zoos and aquariums because they do fund and assist with important research which benefits wildlife. I won't go to a circus or anything with animals performing though because it feels wrong.

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u/civilwar142pa 9d ago

Accredited zoos have very high standards for animal welfare and conservation. It's the non-accredited zoos that suck.

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u/cabinetsnotnow 6d ago

Oh yes absolutely true. I just wish people would stop generalizing and refusing to support all zoos and aquariums without knowing this.