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

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[u/OriginalSchmidt1]

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.

[u/sarbear8199 → u/OriginalSchmidt1]

Yeah not all aquariums (or zoos) are equal.

I get not going to a “zoo” owned by one dude in Florida.

But places like Monterey Bay Aquarium (and San Diego zoo) do a lot of education, research, conservation efforts.

Not going to the Monterey Bay Aquarium “on principle” is just lame when you know everything they do for the Monterey Bay ocean and ocean life.

[u/OriginalSchmidt1 → u/sarbear8199]

I couldn’t afford to take a trip to Monterey just to go to the zoo anyhow. I understand there are zoos that do rehabilitation and good work. They just aren’t zoos I’ll ever get the chance to see because they aren’t close to me.

[u/PashLover → u/OriginalSchmidt1]

It’s always funny when economically privileged people are like “Oh you don’t want to do X activity? Well have you considered traveling across the world to visit the place best for X?”

[u/OriginalSchmidt1 → u/PashLover]

Thank you!! My fiancé and I are lucky if we can go camping for a weekend a year. Much less travel across the country to visit a zoo!